At this event, Esther Duflo introduced "Good Economics for Hard Times", a new book co-authored with Abhijit Banerjee, where they draw on the best recent economics to demonstrate how to think about these problems differently.

Featuring Nathan Nunn (Harvard University), Enrico Spolaore (Tufts University), William Easterly (New York University), Raquel Fernandez (New York University), Alberto Bisin (New York University), and Gérard Roland (University of California Berkeley)

On July 25, 2018, NYU Development Research Institute and Africa House presented a lecture by Professor Benno J. Ndulu, the former Governor of the Bank of Tanzania.

On March 28, 2018, New York University Development Research Institute (NYU DRI) hosted Ross Levine; Willis H. Booth Chair in Banking and Finance at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; for the talk "In Defense of Wall Street (Sort Of)."

Featuring George J. Borjas, William Easterly, Naci Mocan, Yaw Nyarko, and Lant Pritchett, 

April 6th, 2016 (NYC): NYU Development Research Institute hosted Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge, in conversation with William Easterly, DRI Co-Director and author of The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor.

January 26th, 2016 - NYU's Development Research Institute hosted a public screening of the new hit documentary film, Poverty, Inc. The screening was followed by an in-depth question and answer session between DRI Director William Easterly, film-makers Michael Matheson Miller and Mark Weber, and the audience.

Featuring Helen Epstein, David Pred, Frehiywot Samuel, Soleyana Shimeles Gebremichael, Stefan Dercon, Jean Ensminger, Godber Tumushabe, Mareike Schomerus and Hugh Roberts.

Featuring Paul Romer, William Easterly, Laura Freschi, Edward Glaeser, Alain Bertaud and Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Featuring William Easterly, Ross Levine, Yaw Nyarko, Jonathan Murdoch and Steven Pennings.

Featuring William Easterly, Michael Clemens, Stewart Paperin, Bernadette Wanjala, Andrew Rugasira, Abhijit Banerjee, and Angus Deaton