Articles on EGC History
EGC was the first development research center in a major US university to focus on using quantitative methods to understand economic development.
Documenting the rich history of the EGC
The EGC Spring 2021 Quarterly Newsletter recounts the 1951 origins of the IFEA program – a precursor to today’s International and Development Economics (IDE) masters program – and how it paved the way for the EGC.
In the decade following EGC's founding in 1961, a group of young economists sought to understand the determinants of growth by visiting and analyzing developing countries.
The outstanding lives and careers of women who helped found EGC and demanded greater equality in the profession – profiled in a series by Lisa Qian '20, former EGC Communications Intern.
Prominent Latin American economists – some having been forced out of their positions in their home countries by repressive regimes – found an intellectual home at EGC in the 60s and 70s. A series of articles by EGC Communications Interns Lisa Qian and Aiden Lee tells their stories.
