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Weathering the Storm: An Integrated and Forward-Looking Assessment of Climate Extremes on Food Security in Southeast Asia

New study by Dr. Yalei Zhai and colleagues published in Food Security▶️ kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/news/2026...
#DevelopmentEconomics #SoutheastAsia

Urbanization is supposed to be the fast track to wealth, but this chart reveals a startling exception. Regardless of how you measure it, whether 35% or 85% urban, India’s productivity per capita lags far behind the G20 trend line.
#IndiaEconomy #Urbanization #G20 #DevelopmentEconomics #GDP

What if poverty is not failure — but a system?

I’ve just published a short video introducing a central idea behind the EVS framework:

👉 What kind of systems make failure persist?

🎬 Watch here: youtu.be/bO7t9sAf51E

#DevelopmentEconomics #PoliticalEconomy #Institutions #EVS

Learn from international experts — for free.

PEP’s Gender Analysis in Economic Policy Research online course explores feminist economics, labour markets, unpaid care work, and gender inequalities in economic policy.

Explore the course:
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#DevelopmentEconomics

10 video classes covering child poverty, health, education, violence, climate impacts, and evidence‑based policy.
🎥 Watch free on YouTube:
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#ChildWellBeing #DevelopmentEconomics #SocialPolicy

A free, self‑paced course from global experts on the Economics of Child Well‑being.
10 video classes
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#EMDEs #Infrastructure #SocialReturns #DevelopmentEconomics #ImpactResearch #EconomicGrowth #PublicInvestment #SectorAnalysis #DataDriven #PolicyModeling #OMEGAmodel #Macroeconomics #EmergingMarkets #NBER

📣 Call for Papers – 3rd Development Economics Workshop (DEW 2026)

📍 Durham University Business School, UK | 🗓 9–10 June 2026

🎤 Keynote: Prof. Oded Galor (founder of Unified Growth Theory and author of the Journey of Humanity)

#DevelopmentEconomics #CallForPapers #AcademicConference

🌍 Big news: STEG, PEDL & ReCIPE are now together under the Growth Research Platform (GRP) — a CEPR-led initiative funded by the UK FCDO.

Same programmes, now in one place: publications, projects, events & calls.

Explore the new site: grp.cepr.org

#DevelopmentEconomics #Research #Policy

#IntergenerationalMobility #SocialMobility #UpwardMobility #EconomicOpportunity #DevelopmentEconomics #SocialSustainability #EconSky

BasisPointInsight.com - Beyond Funding: What Really Determines Employment Guarantee Success? by Nilanjan Banik The success of the newly-enacted VB-G Ram G will depend on how well its implementation is adapted to local conditions. Despite high poverty, MGNREGA failed to guarantee employment in many states, high...

1/4 India’s employment guarantee programmes often fail or succeed not because of funding alone, but because of how well they are tailored to local realities.

#DevelopmentEconomics

Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device. Simple, modern video meetings for everyone on the world's most popular and trusted collaboration platform.

🎥 You can watch the full seminar here: worldbankgroup.webex.com/webappng/sites/worldbank...

#DevelopmentEconomics #HumanCapital #WorldBank #EconomicGrowth #Entrepreneurship #PolicyResearch

China’s export-led growth model didn’t just transform a nation — it reshaped the global economy.

🔗 Read the full article: China’s Export-Led Growth Model
www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volu...

#ChinaEconomy #GlobalTrade #DevelopmentEconomics #PolicyInsights #CadmusJournal

👥 Meet the IEB Researchers!

Jaime Millán-Quijano is Serra Hunter Lector at the @ubeconomics.bsky.social  and his main topics of interest are:
⭕ #AppliedMicroeconomics
⭕ #DevelopmentEconomics
⭕ #EconomicsOfCrime

Further info about Jaime here ⬇️
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❗️REMINDER
📢 WiE Brown Bag Seminar #6

🙌 LINK: www.women-in-economics.com/event-detail...

💬 Can’t make it? No worries — the seminar runs monthly, every first Friday!

#WiE #WomenInEconomics #BrownBagSeminar #MentalHealth #DevelopmentEconomics

If obsession were a development indicator.

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#DevelopmentEconomics #GDP #PoliticalEconomy #GlobalDevelopment #PublicPolicy

Join us learning #DevelopmentEconomics at @NovaSBE #MasterInEconomics!

Apply here: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/...

Thank you to all presenters, organizers, and participants for making the workshop a great success! #developmenteconomics

🙏 Many thanks to two anonymous referees and to the editor Maarten Lindeboom for their guidance. #JournalofHealthEconomics #HealthEconomics #DevelopmentEconomics #GenderInequalities #Aging #Africa #Senegal

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) Development Economics The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) Development Economics Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial contract of three years and the possibility of...

#Job opportunity at the #GIGA: We seek to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in #DevelopmentEconomics, working on economic & political impacts of geo-economic fragmentation & #geopolitics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, or Middle East.

➡️ Apply now: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/career/po...

This prize revives growth theory, blending math modeling (Aghion/Howitt) w/ historical analysis (Mokyr). 📚 It emphasizes the need for societal openness & firm innovation, esp. for developing nations like India. 🇮🇳💰 #Econometrics #DevelopmentEconomics

Do you want to learn more about @NovaSBE
#PhD in #Economics and how you can pursue your doctoral studies in #DevelopmentEconomics? Do you have questions to ask?

Join us online Wednesday Oct 29 | 4pm: lnkd.in/dh_XMcKX

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Successful thesis defense for Iacopo Bianchi - Institute for International Economic Studies His thesis explores how structural, informational, and historical forces shape development outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Huge congrats to @iacobianchi.bsky.social on successfully defending his thesis! His thesis sheds new light on how structural, informational, and historical forces shape development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Next stop: the World Bank. bit.ly/3WR2Udd
#EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics

Compensation for involuntary resettlement of rural populations, 1980

🔗 www.neljorsa.com/compensation...

#InvoluntaryResettlement #CompensationEthics #WorldBankPolicy #DevelopmentEconomics #LivelihoodRestoration

@globalcompact.bsky.social @undp.org @fao.org @unmigrationcompact.bsky.social

Political Fallout? Nobel Laureates Banerjee And Duflo Leave US - IndiaWest News Political Fallout? Nobel Laureates Banerjee And Duflo Leave US.

Political Fallout? Nobel Laureates Banerjee And Duflo Leave US

Full Story: indiawest.com/political-fa...

#AbhijitBanerjee #EstherDuflo #NobelEconomics #MITToZurich #LemannCenter #DevelopmentEconomics #BrainDrain #AcademicFreedom #ResearchFunding #GlobalTalent #BostonUpdates #PoliticsNews

Our next profile for #BlackHistoryMonth is Sir Arthur Lewis - a trailblazer in development economics and the first Black economist to win the Nobel Prize in 1979!
A true inspiration for young economists around the world! #Economics #NobelPrize #ArthurLewis #DevelopmentEconomics #DiscoverEconomics

🚀 Applications are open for the #PhD in #Economics at @NovaSBE !

Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with NOVAFRICA researchers.

🔗 Apply: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/...
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SRF / RA-II in Development Economics – IITGN | HigherJobz Join IIT Gandhinagar as SRF/RA-II in Development Economics & Gender. STATA/R skills required. Apply by 9 Oct 2025. Grow your research career!

Senior Research Fellow (SRF) / Research Associate-II – IIT Gandhinagar, India
Research project in Development Economics & Gender
Deadline: 9 October 2025
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#SeniorResearchFellows #DevelopmentEconomics #IndiaJobs #EarlyCareerResearch #RA-II #ResearchOpportunitie

🔗10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112482

#CardiffBusinessSchool #DevelopmentEconomics #LatinAmerica #InstitutionalPersistence #ResearchImpact #SotirisKampanelis

Join us for ASWEDE's 10th annual conference in Development Economics! November 17-18 at Nääs Fabriker, outside Gothenburg. Submission deadline in one week: September 26. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics