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“World Development Report 2014” Panel Discussion

The World Development Report 2014, titled Risk and Opportunity: Managing Risk for Development, examines how improving risk management can lead to large gains in development and poverty reduction.

As part of launching the report, the World Bank is taking a “road show” to select locations in Europe and Asia to disseminate the key findings and continue the discussion. This will include a special presentation in Prague hosted by CERGE-EI on October 21st at 4.30 PM.

Managing Risk as a Key to Success

The Report argues that improving risk management is crucial not only to reduce the negative impacts of shocks and hazards, but also to enable people to pursue new opportunities for growth and prosperity. The authors emphasize that risk management is a shared responsibility requiring active participation and planning.

Special Event at CERGE-EI

Core members who prepared the report will present an overview and key messages, as well as lead special talks on selected chapters (including macro, financial, and international community chapters). There will also be a panel discussion with academics, local policy makers and the general public, providing an opportunity for audience interaction and feedback.

Join this World Bank event at CERGE-EI to learn why risk management is a powerful instrument for development and how it can be improved at all levels.

This event is free and does not require RSVP. To attend, please arrive 10 minutes early to CERGE-EI (address: Politickych veznu 7, Prague 1).
 

Read the full report.

See the poster.
 

What is the World Bank’s World Development Report?

• Best known contribution of the World Bank to development thinking and policy prescriptions.
• Published annually since 1978.
• Each report concentrates on a specific aspect of economic development.
• Previous topics - transition economics, health, environment, poverty, labor.
• All reports available online at http://wdronline.worldbank.org/

October 8, 2013

CERGE-EI Holds Teaching Fellows Training Course

The CERGE-EI Academic Skills Center (ASC) ran its annual teacher training course for the new cohort of fellows funded by the CERGE-EI Teaching Fellows Program. Sixteen Masters students from ISET in Tbilisi, Georgia joined seven participants from CERGE-EI to take a detailed look into best practices for planning and delivering effective lessons. The CERGE-EI Teaching Fellows program was launched in 2007 to increase the quality of undergraduate teaching in economics universities throughout the CEE and CIS regions. Since then, Teaching Fellows have taught more than 39,000 students at 50 regional universities.

October 4, 2013

13th Workshop of the Global Development Network

On 15-16 August 2013, CERGE-EI held its 13th annual workshop for grantholders in the Global Development Network (GDN)-financed Regional Research Competition. The GDN provides funds to support high-quality regional research on applied, policy-relevant topics. Grantholders presented their preliminary results in front of a group of external discussants from a wide range of social science backgrounds. Twelve supported project teams made presentations in this year's workshop.

Link to projects: https://www.cerge-ei.cz/gdn/rrc-13

September 13, 2013

Recent Job Placements of CERGE-EI Alumni

We are pleased to announce several key placements of recent CERGE-EI graduates during the past few months.

September 9, 2013 Read more: Recent Job Placements of CERGE-EI Alumni

New Members Have Joined CERGE-EI's Faculty

The research and teaching environment at CERGE-EI will get even more interesting this fall with the arrival of two new faculty members: Marek Kapička (PhD, University of Chicago) and Nikolas Mittag (PhD, University of Chicago). Professor Kapička arrives as Associate Professor with tenure and Professor Mittag is an Assistant Professor. CERGE-EI is delighted to welcome these new talented scholars to our academic community.

September 9, 2013 Read more: New Members Have Joined CERGE-EI's Faculty