The Poverty & Applied Microeconomics Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers in applied microeconomics from the fields of poverty, human development, agriculture, political economy, behavioral economics, private sector development, and a range of other fields to present the results of their most recent research in a seminar format.
Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule (ET time)
Please check paper titles closer to the event date.
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Speaker |
Paper |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Natalie Danielle Bau (UCLA) |
Information and Productivity in Education Markets |
Wednesday March 4, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Kate Viborny (Wolrd Bank) |
Can Competition Reduce Corruption? |
Wednesday March 11, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Sebastian Otero (Columbia University) |
Affirmative Action in Centralized College Admissions Systems |
Wednesday March 18, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Martina Björkman Nyqvist (Stockholm School of Economics) | Scaling Care, Saving Lives: Evidence from an Iterative Trial in Uganda |
Wednesday March 25, 2026 |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Saloni Gupta (Brown University) |
Can Schools Teach Innovation? Experimental Evidence from India |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Cory B. Smith (University of Maryland) |
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Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
David McKenzie (World Bank Group) |
Who Should We Fund, and How Much Should We Give Them? Experimental Evidence from a Kenyan Business Plan Competition |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
G 2-116 |
Nava Ashraf (London School of Economics)
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Learning to See the World’s Opportunities: Memory, Mental Experiencing, and the Economic Lives of the Vulnerable |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 7-100 |
Arielle Gina Bernhardt (NYU) | Integrating Women into Male-Dominated Professions: Evidence from the Indian Police |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 4-100 |
Emanuele Colonnelli (Chicago University) | Startups in Africa |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 4-100 |
Giorgia Barboni (Warwick) | Rural Banks Can Reduce Poverty: Experimental Evidence from 870 Indian Villages |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 4-100 |
Seema Jayachandran (Princeton University) | Escaping Patriarchy: Women Insularity and Gender Attitudes in Oman |
Wednesday |
12:30 - 2:00 pm |
MC 4-1OO |
Felipe Lobel (Duke University) | Cash Transfers and Productive Inclusion: Evidence from Bolsa Familia |
| Wednesday May 27, 2026 |
1:00 - 2:30 pm | MC 5-1OO | Davide Viviano (Harvard University) |
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Last Updated: May 18, 2026
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