Daniel E. Ortega is director of Impact Evaluation and Policy Learning at CAF, Development Bank of Latin America. He will talk about the use of Behavioral Insights in three initiatives being evaluated by CAF’s team. The first has to do with the way the municipality of Bogotá engages jobseekers so they’ll keep their personal and contact information updated in the municipal employment service; the second is focused on increasing tax compliance in the municipality of Sucre in Caracas through their web-based payment system; and the third seeks to help Colombia’s national registry of public Read more about BISG Lunch with Daniel Ortega (Director of Impact Evaluation and Policy Learning at CAF, Development Bank of Latin America)

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Please join us for a conversation with Ambassador Bill Burns and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Joe Nye. Drawing on their combined 80+ years of international affairs expertise, the two will discuss a range of topics, Read more about Ambassador William J. Burns in conversation with Professor Joseph Nye

James Walsh is a Research Analyst in the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Global Practice where he leads Behavioral Initiatives projects related to economic empowerment and child nutrition in Africa. Before joining, he was a member of the research team for the World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior. In 2015, he served on the faculty of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, where he lectured in behavioral approaches to development economics. Prior to joining the Bank, he spent time at the Gross National Happiness Commission of the Royal Government of Bhutan examining Read more about BISG Lunch with James Walsh (World Bank)

Moderated by Patricia Bellinger
HKS Adjunct Lecturer and Fellow, Center for Public Leadership

Please join us for a conversation with Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). During her four years helming the AMPAS, Boone Isaacs has overseen the annual Read more about A Conversation with Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences