Research Roundups

What’s the latest in international economic development research? Last weekend was the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference, often called NEUDC. With more than 135 papers presented (and almost all of them available for download), it’s a great way to see recent trends in t...

Participants at the RISE Conference 2022 heard research on teachers, student learning outcomes, the political economy of education reforms, the impact of COVID, and more. Here’s a round-up of what I learned.

This week was the Centre for the Study of African Economies’ annual conference. It included more than a hundred papers on topics ranging from bureaucracy to trade and from political economy to deforestation. It’s a great collection of novel work from researchers around the world, including many who ...

Last weekend was the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference. Researchers—mostly economists—presented nearly 200 papers on topics from agriculture to COVID to marriage to microfinance. It’s a great introduction to a wide range of current development economics research.