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 ...

Scott Horsley joined NPR in 2001 and is the network's Chief Economics Correspondent. A new lecture series at Michigan State University will feature a voice familiar on the NPR airwaves. Chief ...

Successful economic development has been an elusive target in many countries of the Global South. Considerable intellectual effort has been spent on this issue over many decades with mixed results. A ...

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 ...

This course is available on the BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Economics, BSc in Economics and Economic History, BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The sixth and seventh rounds of study of Palanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India - led by Nicholas Stern - examine a perspective from seven decades of economic development in this north Indian village. The ...