Discover the core principles of development economics, including top theories like mercantilism and structural-change theory, ...

The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is a well-known series of conferences that facilitate the discussion of new knowledge about development ...

T he International Economic Development Council (IEDC) has unveiled the winners of its 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Awards. These projects and organizations were selected by an esteemed ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Kari Polanyi Levitt is Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, and was the George Beckford Professor of Political Economy at the University of the West Indies, Mona from 1995 to ...

Whether it’s in working to eliminate poverty, reinventing development economics, examining social safety nets, or improving democratic institutions, Finance & Development magazine has regularly ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Crotty Hall hosted the workshop “Developmental Dilemmas: The Role of Power and Agency.” The talk was given by William Ferguson, a professor of economics at Grinnell College.

Laredo Economic Development Week 2026 runs next week with forums, networking, a business expo and job fair focused on growth ...

Frank Sánchez, Ph.D. Frank Sánchez, Ph.D., president of Manhattanville University in Purchase, New York, been appointed a regional council member ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The winners of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences have transformed the way the world thinks about and fights extreme poverty.