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About Asim Khwaja
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is a development economist whose work rests on a simple discipline: answer the policy questions that matter with evidence gathered where the problems actually live.
Khwaja's research ranges from understanding market failures in emerging financial markets to examining the private education market in low-income countries. It has been covered by The Economist, The New York Times, the Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, BBC and CNN.
Asim's Keynote Topics
Development, both within and outside organizations is always a complicated process. How can business and government leaders boost the chances that development initiatives will be successful? According to Asim Ijaz Khwaja, director of the Harvard Center of International Development, prioritizing collaboration creates more impactful opportunities. In this revealing presentation, he’ll show how knowledge sharing in which participants are able to both teach and learn allows organizations to be truly responsive to people’s needs. Collaborating internally and externally unlocks the ability to not only attract powerful new ideas but to also quickly move on to alternatives if necessary. Audiences will learn frameworks for attracting and working alongside the talent best positioned to address big problems, enabling organizations to embark on mutually beneficial development programs.
The pandemic forced educational institutions to rethink a wide range of issues, from reconsidering traditional models of education such as in-person learning to larger overarching issues like access to education in the first place. As learning models evolve, how can organizations help empower the next generations through quality, accessible education? According to Asim Ijaz Khwaja, director of the Harvard Center of International Development, while educational demand has risen, supply has not. In this engaging presentation, he explains that education exists to better the lives of individuals by recognizing talent, a mission that has gotten clouded by institutional bureaucracy. Audiences will learn how modern educational systems can provide better access and develop more talent across a wider footprint, leading to more opportunities for both individuals and their communities.
Books by Asim Khwaja
Articles by Asim Khwaja
Asim in the Media
Counting People Out: A Conversation with Asim I. Khwaja and Rimmel Mohydin
With the Move to Freeze Foreign Aid, the International Development Sector Stands at a Crossroads, HKS Experts Say
From the Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Bias Task Force: Many at Harvard Feel Ignored
Asim Ijaz Khwaja Seeks to Build a Thriving World for All
Moving From Charity to Investment, the Power of Radical Generosity
Opinion: E-Learning Can Prevent Another Lost Generation in Afghanistan
Rethinking International Development Strategy—and Hearing Echoes of Global Challenges in the United States
The Analytical Angle: How Pakistan Can Learn From the COVID Crisis in India
Educational Responses to COVID-19 in South Asia
An Interview With Dr. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Professor of International Finance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School
Mobilising Local Leaders to Rebuild the Social Compact
The Analytical Angle: Taking an Experimental Approach on Civil Service Reform
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