{"582643":{"#nid":"582643","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u201cHow much Innovation should LDCs (least developed countries) do?\u201d William Maloney, Ph.D.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026ldquo;How much Innovation should LDCs (least developed countries) do?\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWilliam Maloney, Ph.D.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EThe World Bank\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThursday, October 20, 2016, 3:00 pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHall Building, Room 102\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ELight refreshments will be provided at the seminar.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EBio:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EWilliam F. Maloney is Chief Economist for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions in the World Bank Group.\u0026nbsp; Previously he was Chief Economist for Trade and Competitiveness and Global Lead on Innovation and Productivity.\u0026nbsp; Prior to the Bank, he was a Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1990-1997) and then joined, working as Lead Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America until 2009.\u0026nbsp; From 2009 to 2014, he was Lead Economist in the Development Economics Research Group. From 2011 to 2014 he was Visiting Professor at the University of the Andes and worked closely with the Colombian government on innovation and firm upgrading issues.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMr. Maloney received his PhD in economics from the University of California Berkeley (1990), his BA from Harvard University (1981), and he studied at the University of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia (1982-83).\u0026nbsp;He has published on issues related to international trade and finance, developing country labor markets, and innovation and growth. In addition to publications in academic journals, he coauthored \u003Ci\u003ENatural Resources: Neither Curse nor Destiny\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003ELessons from NAFTA\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ci\u003EDoes What you Export Matter:\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ci\u003EIn Search of Empirical Guidance for Industrial Policy\u003C\/i\u003E, as well as several flagship publications of the Latin American division of the Bank, most recently \u003Ci\u003EInformality: Exit and Exclusion\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday, October 20, the School of Public Policy will welcome William Maloney from the World Bank to present some of his work on innovation policy in developing countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Thursday, October 20, the School of Public Policy will welcome William Maloney from the World Bank to present some of his work on innovation policy in developing countries. 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