GROWTH ACADEMY MENA

Philippe Aghion
Professor of Economics, INSEAD; London School of Economics; and Collège de France
“The Power of Creative Destruction” (Slides)

Altan Cakir
Professor, Istanbul Technical University
“The Applied AI Toolkits for Future: Leveraging AI for Economical Developments“

Indermit Gill
Chief Economist of the World Bank Group; Senior Vice President for Development Economics
“Growing Enterpreneruial Clusters” (Slides)

Somik Lall
Senior Advisor, Office of the Senior Vice President, World Bank
Director of the World Development Report 2024; Co-Director, Growth Academy
“Energy, Emissions, and Creative Destruction” (Slides)

Norman Loayza
Director, Global Indicators Group, Development Economics, World Bank
“Economic Growth: A Practitioner’s Perspective and Applications of the Long-Term Growth Model to Egypt and Syria“

Paul Makdissi
Professor, University of Ottawa
“Creative Destruction and
Distance to Frontier: Implications for Emerging Economies” (Slides)

Javier Miranda
Professor, Friedrich Schiller University Jena;Head of the Center for Business and Productivity Dynamics, Halle Institute for Economic Research
“Business Dynamism and Productivity” (Sides)

Roberta Gatti
Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), World Bank
“Growth in MENA”
GROWTH ACADEMY 2024

Panel Discussion
Featuring: Indermit Gil (Chief Economist of the World Bank) + Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics). Moderated by: Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago).

Somik V. Lall
Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank
The World Bank Group
“The Middle Income Trap“ (Video) & “Energy, Emissions, and Creative Destruction” (Slides)

Maria Marta Ferreyra
Senior Economist
The World Bank Group
“Education for Innovation and Growth” (Video)

Josh Lerner
Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking
Harvard Business School
“Growing Enterpreneruial Clusters” (Slides)

Indermit Gill
Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics
The World Bank Group
“The Middle Income Trap” (Slides)

Philippe Aghion
Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics
“The Power of Creative Destruction“ (Slides)

Fabrizio Zilibotti
Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics
Yale University
“Creative Destruction and
Distance to Frontier: Implications for Emerging Economies” (Slides)

Chad Syverson
George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago
“Productivity and Reallocation” (Sides)

Norman Loayza
Director; Global Indicators Group; Development Economics
The World Bank Group
“Economic Growth Through Productivity, Transformation and Resilience: A Practitioners’ Perspective“ (Video)

Ekaterina Vostroknutova
Lead Economist, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice
The World Bank Group
“Policies to Promote Enterprise and Discipline Incumbents“ (Video)

Forhad Shilpi
Senior Economist; Development Economics
The World Bank Group
“Strengthening creation and weakening preservation: Social mobility and talent development in MICs” (Video)

William Maloney
Chief Economist; Latin America and Caribbean
The World Bank Group

Tatjana Kleinberg
Economist; Development Economics Vice-Presidency
The World Bank Group
“Allocating Talent Efficiently to Unlock Economic Development” (Video)

Roberto N. Fattal Jaef
Senior Economist: Development Economics
The World Bank Group
“Distortions and Firm Dynamics in Middle-Income Countries“ (Video)

Franziska Ohnsorge
Chief Economist, South Asia Region
The World Bank Group
“Growth Challenges in South Asia” (Video)

Andrew Toole
Chief Economist
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Maria Vagliasindi
Lead Economist, Infrastructure Vice-Presidency
The World Bank Group
“Challenges & Opportunities of the Energy Transition for Middle Income Countries” (Video)

Katherine Stapleton
Economist; Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice
The World Bank Group

Michael Greenstone
The Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College
University of Chicago

John List
Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College
University of Chicago

Joel Mokyr
Robert H. Strotz Professor
Northwestern University

James Heckman
The Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College
The University of Chicago
“How the Welfare State Affects Inequality and Social Mobility: A Comparison of the U.S. and Denmark“

Michael Kremer
University Professor in Economics and the College and the Harris School of Public Policy
The University of Chicago

James Evans
Max Palevsky Professor, Department of Sociology; Faculty Director, Masters in Computational Social Science Program
The University of Chicago
“The Paradox of Innovation Institutions: Designing Flexible Ecosystems that Accelerate Discovery, Invention, and Growth“