… back Leonard Wantchekon for a talk on politics and economic development … March 22, 2022 | News Yale welcomes … – but when these spheres become too close, it can foster corruption and distort market competition, especially … economic growth and reduce poverty, clientelism and state capture can limit how widely these benefits are shared. Why …

… Development Dialogues: The future of evidence-based … development efforts, now FCDO. He is a Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the … research and policy. Lessons from South Africa: State capture and policy challenges Trudi Makhaya draws from her …

… How Nancy Birdsall’s time at Yale Economic Growth Center helped her rethink global development … November 17, 2021 | EGC History How Nancy … process. At Yale, economists like Paul Schultz and Mark Rosenzweig (who would both go on to direct EGC) were …

Pande and coauthors in the Kathmandu Post: Data can strengthen democratic systems … September 28, 2022 | Perspectives Pande and coauthors in the Kathmandu Post: Data can strengthen democratic systems Rohini Pande and coauthors explain how policy-makers …

… Featured in Oxford Open Economics Supplement Research by Economic Growth Center affiliates and collaborators Orazio … of inequality in the world, despite decades of social and economic change. Researchers at the Economic Growth Center … (LACIR), a joint effort between EGC, the Inter-American Development Bank, the London School of Economics, and the …

… their respective subfields – applied microeconomics and economic history – are both critical for understanding the … over time. Our preliminary analysis suggests that these elite families and networks remain influential: many of the … coercive, extractive institutions and slavery to overcome. Democratization is relatively recent, and strongman politics …

… we launched the first North East Universities Gender and Development (NEUGD) Conference, bringing together … Day conference. Theme 4. Intra-Household Dynamics and Economic Agency These studies examine how formal rights and … ideas for PhD students One of NEUGD’s key goals was to foster connections between early-career researchers and more …

… A roundup of all the research from the NEUDC 2022 development economics conference … November 7, 2022 | News A … Roundup from NEUDC 2022 What’s the latest in international economic development research? Last weekend was the North … our takeaways, keep the following in mind. First, we can’t capture all the nuance of a paper in a couple of lines. …

… researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development … March 7, 2025 | News Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development Almost fifty years after the U.N.’s …

… EGC Voices in Development Podcast, Episode 4: Rohit De, Barkha Dutt, and … explores issues related to sustainable development and economic justice in low- and middle-income countries. Episode … from caste groups saying [it was] only going to benefit elite women. One politician… said, “this quota is only for… …

… journey from EGC to the Greek cabinet and international development community … April 18, 2022 | EGC History Louka … finance and macroeconomics group at the National Bureau of Economic Research.” She attests to Louka’s “amazing ability … of seven years of venal military rule and profligate economic policy had already been done, and its blight on the …

… Digital Inclusion & Economic Development: Conversations with Pramod Varma, Alix Zwane, and … was an argument towards privacy, and we said if you don't capture data, you don't have to worry about security leaks. …