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

For decades, the economics establishment generally agreed on a simple answer: Embrace free markets and avoid “industrial policy”—state-led efforts to shape what an economy produces—at all costs. No ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

TO GRASP THE stakes of economic growth, start with the arithmetic of compounding. Over two generations an economy growing at about 1% a year will not even double in size; one growing at 7% will expand ...

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Ameyavikram Pathak is Chief Executive Officer of investment management firm AVP Holdings and member of the Finance Committee of the Princeton Foundation for Peace and Learning. Armen Baibourtian is ...

Shanta Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Middle East and North Africa Region. Since joining the World Bank in 1991, he has been a Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public ...