IfAD Public Talk Series

Our speakers are leading national and international experts and policymakers who talk about the economic and development issues, challenges, and opportunities of our time. The talks are open to general audience, and all are encouraged to attend.

World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior

Speaker: Karla Hoff, Senior Research Economist Development Economics Research Group World Bank
Time: Thursday, April 16 3:30 to 4:30 PM

Bio: Karla Hoff is a Senior Research Economist in the Development Economics Research Group and Codirector of the World Development Report 2015. Much of her work focuses on using the tools of economics to study social interactions. Her work explains how good people can form bad neighbor-hoods, how productivity is sensitive to social setting, and how historical legacies influence the difficulty of establishing a rule of law. She is coeditor of two books—The Economics of Rural Organization and Poverty Traps. Ongoing work evaluates a women’s empowerment project and a political theater program in India. Her work spans conceptual analysis and grassroots fieldwork. She has a BA in French from Wellesley College and a PhD in economics from Princeton. She taught English in the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast

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