WDR 2025 Seminar Series

2025

Environmental Standards: A Key Policy Instrument for Fostering Sustainable Development

SPEAKER: 
Stefan Ambec
INRAE Research Professor, Toulouse School of Economics

➜ Presentation

Quality Infrastructure Maturity Trajectories: Experiences and Perspectives from Advanced and Developing Economies

SPEAKERS: 
Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke
Expert in Quality Infrastructure (QI) and Economic Development Founding Partner at Mesopartner

Christian Schoen
Economist and Co-Founder of Mesopartner

Ann-Sara Ramkissoon
Doctoral candidate in development economics, University of Florence

➜ Presentation

Navigating Standards: The Impact of Technical Regulations and Voluntary Certifications on Firms’ Trade Strategies

➜ Presentation

➜ Papers: Protection or Protectionism | Building a New Reputation

Standard Sizes: The Government's Role in Diffusing Mass Production Techniques in the U.S., 1917–1960s

➜ Presentation

Appraising the Role of Standardization in India's Economic Development

SPEAKER: 
Anupam Kaul
Strategic Adviser (Quality & Standards)

Quality Standards in Ethiopia

SPEAKERS:
Eric Veerhoogen
Professor, Department of Economics and School of International and Public Affairs, and Co-Director, Center for Development Economics and Policy, Columbia University

Admasu Shiferaw
Associate Professor of Economics, College of William and Mary and Luigi Beneduci Caloi, Columbia University