Finance and Development Workshop
Financial systems are evolving rapidly across the Global South, creating new opportunities and challenges for inclusive growth. These developments call for rigorous research on their implications at both the micro and macro levels.
To this end, the Centre for Finance and Development (CFD) at the Geneva Graduate Institute will host a workshop on Finance and Development on February 12–13, 2026, in Geneva.
Confirmed Speakers
- Jenny C. Aker, Tufts University
- Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley
- Felipe Brugués, ITAM
- Robert Darko-Osei, University of Ghana
- Erika Deserranno, Bocconi University -
- Maitreesh Ghatak, London School of Economics
- Xavier Giné, World Bank
- Dean Karlan, Northwestern University
- Leo Leitzinger, Goethe University
- Ugo Panizza, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Sujata Visaria, Bayes Business School
- Jack Willis, Columbia University
Program Committee
- Robert Lensink, University of Groningen
- Stefan Klonner, Heidelberg University
- Lukas Menkhoff, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- Ugo Panizza, Centre for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Lore Vandewalle, KU Leuven and Centre for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
Local Organizers
- Ugo Panizza, Centre for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Lore Vandewalle, KU Leuven and Centre for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
With support from
The workshop is supported with Funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Geneva Graduate Institute's Centre for Finance and Development, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and PEDL.
