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    EGC announces the Fall 2024 Development and Economic History weekly workshop and lunch speakers
    … Economic History Workshop  is a central part of the program, with speakers including Yale faculty and graduate … Workshops, Fall 2024 Seminars are held Mondays, 2:30 - 3:50 pm. September 9  Johannes Boehm, Geneva Graduate … November 25 Thanksgiving Week (No workshop) December 2  Heather Schofield, University of Pennsylvania December 9  …
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    Altering social norms with Yale economist Rohini Pande
    … norms change as the proportion of women enrolled in the program increases. If 80% of women in a village are using the … decide that something is the most pressing issue of the day. But given the day-to-day reality of politics and the … would increase life expectancy for 660 million people by 3.2 years on average for a total of over 2 billion life years. …
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    Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer?
    …     Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer? … July 5, 2018 | News Can … city is often referred to as a ‘gas chamber’?” asks the speaker. The students start giggling. Then as they are told … and Environment. He adds, “And yes, I am hopeful that one day, we can shrug off the gas chamber tag for my city.” EPIC …
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    Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
    Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era … June 27, 2025 | News Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era Kaveh Sardari by Mary Borrowman , Jonathan Bower , Kelsey Harris & Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan This …
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    A wide show of panel speakers during a discussion Kaveh Sardari
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    A brief history of EGC
    … has been the activity of the Department of Economics since day one. Since I’m the only survivor from the early days, let … actually started in 1961. The Ford Foundation gave it a 2 million dollar wasting capital grant and we were supposed … initially were largely focused on the country analysis program. Many of the survivors are here. The country analysis …
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    The Kuznets Visitors Program
    … The Kuznets Visitors Program … The Kuznets Visitors Program A program to foster cross-university collaboration … hosts short-term visiting economists for periods of 1-2 weeks starting in Fall 2022. Visitors contribute to the …
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    EGC launches a new program bringing economists to Yale for short-term visits
    … EGC launches a new program bringing economists to Yale for short-term visits … … the development economics community at Yale.  In their 1-2 week stay, outside collaborators who are part of the … Memorial Lecture, "Changing Harmful Norms", on March 2, 2023. A mini-conference showcasing cutting-edge research …
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    Meredith Startz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College whose research focuses on how information problems shape transactions and firms in developing countries
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    Country Studies: the flagship research program of EGC's first decade
    … Country Studies: the flagship research program of EGC's first decade … October 19, 2020 | EGC History Country Studies: the flagship research program of EGC's first decade The Country Studies initiative … and spend a year teaching and preparing for the next 1-2 years in their country of choice. Afterwards, they would …
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    Apply now for the International & Development Economics Masters Program
    … open for the International & Development Economics Masters Program class of 2026. Deadline: January 2, 2025, for the 2025-2026 academic year Visit the IDE … Benefits : International students can enjoy a 1+2 year Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension due to our …
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    The International and Foreign Economic Administration (IFEA) program and the roots of EGC
    … International and Foreign Economic Administration (IFEA) program and the roots of EGC … The International and Foreign Economic Administration (IFEA) program and the roots of EGC The EGC Spring 2021 Quarterly Newsletter recounts the 1951 origins of the IFEA program – a precursor to today’s International and …
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    Edmar Bacha looks back on the International and Development Economics program
    … looks back on the International and Development Economics program … April 1, 2021 | EGC History Edmar Bacha looks back on the International and Development Economics program The renowned economist and founding partner and … aged 22. It did not take long for him and peers in the program from 15 countries to become acclimated to New Haven …
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    Bacha (left) and Clóvis Cavalcanti, his colleague and former roommate during his Yale years, at a seminar at the Casa das Garças Institute for Economic Policy Studies in 2019. Edmar Bacha
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    EGC Celebrates the Class of 2025, their achievements and future plans
    … staff, and especially fellow students every single day. I’ll always carry a fondness for the people I’ve been … of the International and Development Economics Master’s program will go on to a variety of positions in academia, … A personal highlight was participating in STEM Hill Day, organized by the Yale Jackson School, where a few other …
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    A PhD graduate presenting with slides Kaveh Sardari