The Department of International Development (@LSE_ID) promotes interdisciplinary postgraduate teaching and research on processes of social, political and economic development and change. The hashtag ...

For pioneers such as Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, W. Arthur Lewis and Albert Hirschman, development economics meant studying ways in which poor countries could attain large-scale societal transformation.

The programme covers the field of development economics in five days: Day 1: History and schools of thought in economics broadly, and development economics specifically – how did we get here? Day 2: ...

Development studies textbooks and courses have sometimes tended to avoid significant economic content. However, without an understanding of the economic aspects of international development many of ...

Peter Lanjouw, Vrije University Amsterdam (formerly with the World Bank), is a principal investigator. Jean Dreze is among the advisors for this programme. The first round of analyses are presented as ...

The American Economist is a leading refereed journal published by the International Honor Society in Economics – Omicron Delta Epsilon – for the enhancement of research in economics. It publishes ...

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) has granted a pre-qualification licence to the Bhola Eco-Development Economic Zone in Bhola district, opening new opportunities for industrial growth in ...

Applications for the MSc Development Economics and Policy are very competitive. Due to the high demand for the programme we may not be able to offer places to all applicants who have the entry ...

Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose by Stefan Dercon, Hurst £25, 360 pages David Pilling is the FT’s Africa editor Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books ...

Applications for the MSc Development Economics and Policy are very competitive. Due to the high demand for the programme we may not be able to offer places to all applicants who have the entry ...