Human Capital Initiative

The Human Capital Initiative (HCI) advances interdisciplinary research on the role of human capital in human development to inform policy solutions to global challenges including poverty, women’s empowerment and sustainable economic growth through investments in education and health.

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• Seminar Summary – Queering Repression: How the Global Crackdown on Civil Society Affects LGBT+ NGO Foundings

  March 17, 2025

  By Naomi Frim-Abrams On February 26, 2025, the Spring 2025 Human Capital Initiative (HCI) Seminar Series at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center hosted Kristopher... [ More ]

• Seminar Summary – Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil

  December 09, 2024

  By Naomi Frim-Abrams On November 20, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Jon Denton-Schneider, Assistant Professor of Economics at Clark University, for the final installment... [ More ]

• Seminar Summary — Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from the Informal Sector: Evidence from Bangladesh

  October 30, 2024

  By Naomi Frim-Abrams On October 23, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Nina Brooks, Core Faculty Member of HCI at the Boston University Global Development... [ More ]

• Seminar Summary – The Politics of Exit: Emigration, Collective Action and Agrarian Reform in Mexico

  October 09, 2024

  By Naomi Frim-Abrams On September 25, 2024, the Human Capital Initiative (HCI) hosted Emily Sellars from the Department of Political Science at Yale University for the... [ More ]

• The Dynamics of Women’s Political and Economic Empowerment: Q&A With Rachel Brulé

  September 16, 2024

  By Maureen Heydt Rachel Brulé, Associate Director of the Human Capital Initiative (HCI), Associate Professor of Global Development Policy with the Pardee School of Global Studies... [ More ]