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    The Economic Growth Center's Annual Report
    EGC supports the research and teaching in economics of those at Yale engaged with studying development and growth in lower-income countries. On this page you can explore our current and past Annual Reports to learn more about our research, programming, …
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    Faculty Research Support
    … focused on themes of international development, economic history and trade research focused on lower-income countries. … is therefore a policy priority in low-income countries. Studies have pointed to multiple constraints to domestic SMEs … widely adopted by over 70% of the adult population in the country, yet, adoption by firms is very low in many parts of …
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    Female researcher conducting a 'Hybrid’ method interview with female participant. Ishan Tankha
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    EGC Voices in Development Podcast, Episode 8: Eliana La Ferrara, Samuel Moyn, and Rohini Pande
    … School; Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale; and Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II … of harmful social norms, both today and throughout history – and how changing such norms is often at the heart … Pande Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History, notes that we can learn many lessons from historical …
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    Eliana La Ferrara, Samuel Moyn, and Rohini Pande on addressing hidden barriers to progress Photo by Zahrah Abdulrauf
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    Nancy Folbre: Why we should all care more about the care economy
    … care more about the care economy … October 5, 2023 | EGC History Nancy Folbre: Why we should all care more about the … – starting with a master’s degree in Latin American Studies, focused on inequality and economic demography, then … for many low- and middle-income countries. “Doing economic history is a lot like doing economic development,” says …
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    Nancy Folbre at IAFFE conference 2018
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    EGC Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2023
    … in large part, conceived of by Simon Kuznets. The EGC’s Country Studies Program delved into the dynamics of structural … and Development Conference 2023 Related News Items EGC History Country Studies: the flagship research program of …
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    Rio de Janeiro Donatas Dabravolskas, Shutterstock
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    Resources: Environment or Curse, Better or Worse?
    … (Stanford University) Incommensurate Measures: Nature, History and Economics Introduced and moderated by JOHN MACK … (Yale University) LING ZHANG (Yale Agrarian Studies Fellow/Boston College) From “Controlling Floods” to … “Managing a River’’: The Chinese State and the Political History of the Yellow River ARUPIYOTI SAIKIA (Yale Agrarian …
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    Heidi Hartmann, an early Yale Economics woman PhD, discusses how sisterhood can shape public policy
    … sisterhood can shape public policy … May 15, 2024 | EGC History Heidi Hartmann, an early Yale Economics woman PhD, … cites it as a personal favorite. Hartmann’s research has a history of creating a tangible social and political impact. … Chamberlain's pioneering role at Yale EGC – and in women's studies EGC History Mary Reynolds' pioneering role at Yale …
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    Courses
    … undergraduate course list . 186a European Economic History 1700-1815 325a Development Economics: Focus on South … Networks and Development 457b Economics, Politics, and History: Institutional Design and Institutional Change 458b … 559b Development Econometrics (IDE) 580a General Economic History: Western Europe 581b General Economic History: United …
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    Are cryptocurrencies currencies? Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador
    … creation and facilitate remittances, it became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender . At the same time, the country launched Chivo Wallet, an app that offers many of the … make deposits and withdrawals both in U.S. dollars (the country’s official currency) and in Bitcoin. But Bitcoin, of …
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    “Strength of Will”: How Cynthia Taft Morris’s career shattered ceilings
    … career shattered ceilings … September 21, 2020 | EGC History “Strength of Will”: How Cynthia Taft Morris’s career … interested in economics and, specifically, in economic history. Upon receiving her undergraduate degree in 1949, a … of the first scholars to incorporate the study of economic history into development theory. Together, Taft Morris and …
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    Cynthia Taft Morris as a graduate of Vassar in 1949. Photo courtesy David Taft Morris
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    Looking back on “The Columbian Shock: Explaining Long-Term Development of the Americas”
    … and migration in the Americas through the lens of economic history. Photograph by Vestal McIntyre Organizers of the … in the Western Hemisphere is inextricably linked to its history, from the legacy of colonialism to centuries of … region’s deep economic disparities, and how can economic history inform development efforts today? These complex …
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    Arroyo Abad & Espin-Sanchez Photograph by Vestal McIntyre
    Organizers of the Columbian Shock conference, Leticia Arroyo Abad (center) and José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez (R), during a Q&A.
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    EGC History
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