Prof. Hausmann to deliver public lecture tomorrow
Advocata Institute is organizing a public lecture by Professor Ricardo Hausmann, the director of Centre for International Development (CID) at Harvard University.
The event is to be held at the Lighthouse at LKI. 24, Horton Place, Colombo 07. 5.30 p.m. to 7.45 p.m.
Prof. Hausmann is a leading expert on development economics and a practitioner on finding enablers for growth in developing countries. He will speak on the topic of “Accessing knowhow for development”.
In this lecture, Prof. Hausmann explores the relationship between economic development and the accumulation of know-how. He will in particular discuss how to tackle Sri Lanka’s limited export diversification.
Prof. Hausmann and his team at CID has been conducting research on how to diversify Sri Lanka’s exports to compete globally, achieving dynamic growth and upgrading knowhow in the economy.
Before joining the faculty at Harvard, Prof. Hausmann was the Chief Economist of the Inter-american Development Bank (1994-2000), where he created the Research Department. He has served as Minister of Planning of Venezuela (19921993) and as a member of the Board of the Central Bank of Venezuela. He also served as Chair of the Imf-world Bank Development Committee. He holds a PHD in economics from Cornell University.
The lecture would be followed up Q&A moderated by Murtaza Jafferjee, CEO of JB Securities ltd. For registrations please visit www.advocata.org/events
Advocata Institute is an independent free-market policy think tank based in Colombo.