Development Economics

    We are invested in identifying the complex global interactions that influence poverty and development with a focus on strategies that have proven successful in promoting equitable growth, promoting capabilities, and reducing poverty.

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    Tunisia in Turmoil: When Supply-Side Orthodoxy Meets an Angry Citizenry

    By Clara Capelli

    Mass protests challenging the government to focus on job-creation rather than on market liberalization and trade deals may carry a cautionary message to Western policy makers, too. Read more

    Article May 23, 2016

    The Global Consumption and Income Project

    Article By Sanjay Reddy, Arjun Jayadev, and ​Rahul ​Lahoti

    Apr 14, 2016

    Political Economy of Controlling Systemic Risk: What Governments Can Do Vs. What Governments Are Willing to Do

    Paper By Edward J. Kane

    Apr 2010

    When Wolves Cry “Wolf”: Systemic Financial Crises and the Myth of the Danaid Jar

    Paper By Thomas Ferguson and Rob Johnson

    Apr 2010

    Marcello De Cecco: Political Economy: What Can Government Do? What Will Government Do?

    Paper By Marcello De Cecco

    Apr 2010

    Political Economy: What Can Government Do? What Will Government Do?

    Conference Session Featuring Marcello De Cecco, Thomas Ferguson, Edward J. Kane, and Simon Johnson

    Apr 9, 2010 | 12:15—02:05

    Evolving Economic and Financial Systems in India

    Paper By Y. Venugopal Reddy

    Apr 2011

    The Architecture of Asia: Financial Structure and an Emerging Economic System

    Conference Session Featuring Charles Dallara, Yasheng Huang, Y. Venugopal Reddy, and Joe Stiglitz

    Apr 9, 2011 | 11:45—01:35

    Rising to the Challenge: Equity, Adjustment and Balance in the World Economy

    Conference Session Featuring George Akerlof, Niall Ferguson, Andrés Velasco, and Zhu Min

    Apr 9, 2011 | 01:50—03:20

    Corporate Citizenship in a Civil Economy

    By Marleen Janssen Groesbeek

    Many companies around the world have discovered they can benefit financially from integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets in their daily operations and strategy. Read more

    Paper Apr 2011