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, the Center's economists built international partnerships and sought to understand the determinants of growth by visiting and analyzing developing countries.
The outstanding lives and careers of women who helped found and build EGC and Yale Economics and demanded greater equality in academia.
Throughout its history, EGC has welcomed economists from around the world – including many forced to flee repressive regimes – offering them an intellectual home in New Haven.
