In the 31st Annual Kuznets Lecture, former Yale professor Leonard Wantchekon explored the political mechanisms behind developmental economics. The lecture, hosted by the Yale Economic Growth Center, ...

Economics is the study of the proper allocation of limited resources given unlimited wants. Development economics is a branch of economics that focuses on developing countries’ social, economic, and ...

Read Opeyemi's interview, where she discusses her time studying EC307 at Summer School, including her schedule, favourite parts and experience of the British teaching style. I have always had the ...

How does poverty affect the long-run outcomes for Indigenous children? How can changes in household conditions affect various dimensions of well-being? At this talk, Randall Akee, UCLA professor of ...

The two recipients of the 2025 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Prize for Impactful Achievement in Islamic Economics, under the Development Solutions Achievement category, delivered lectures on ‎their ...

Robert E. Lucas, Jr., received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1995 and is the John Dewey Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since ...

His research is based in economics, but it often draws from other disciplines, including psychology, anthropology, and sociology. He played an important role in the development of behavioral economics ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Sub regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA), delivered a lecture to over 400 University of ...

LSE has maintained its position as one of the top universities in the world for Development Studies. The Department of International Development currently offers six taught MSc programmes. Students in ...

Central to DECDP's mandate is the effective dissemination of new research findings. It oversees the Policy Research Working Papers series, fostering innovative economic analysis; as well as ...