New discussion paper Discussion paper KDPE 2003 by Anirban Mitra (University of Kent) and Sarmistha Pal (University of Surrey), April 2020. Non-technical summary An important … Read more
Category: Development
Efforts to dramatically change labour laws in India may not succeed in reducing mass unemployment caused by coronavirus measures.
Parsing the labour law debate: what does the evidence say? Op-ed By Amrit Amirapu and Vidhya Soundararajan printed originally in The Hindustan Times. In the … Read more
GCRF award for Development Economics Research Group
The Development Economics Research Group has received an award of £9,500 from the University’s GCRF Partnership Development Fund. Five members of the Development Economics Research … Read more
What does a world food shortage mean?
In response to the news of an impending world food shortage, Dr Amrit Amirapu, an economics expert at Kent, explained what this meant. He said: … Read more
Can Child Marriage Law Change Attitudes and Behaviour? Experimental Evidence from an Information Intervention in Bangladesh
Discussion paper KDPE 2001 by Amrit Amirapu (University of Kent), M Niaz Asadullah (University of Malaya) and Zaki Wahhaj (University of Kent), March 2020. Non-technical … Read more
Celebrating groundbreaking research this International Women’s Day
“Gender rights, even when protected in law, may be stymied by the unwritten rules of patriarchy.” This International Women’s Day we celebrated the work of … Read more
Research Grant for Study on Birth Registration for Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh
Can the registration of adolescent girls in developing countries be accelerated disrupting child marriage? Dr Zaki Wahhaj at the School of Economics, together with Dr … Read more
Irma receives award for economic research
Congratulations to the School’s Professor Irma Clots-Figueras who received the XVIII Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research at an awards ceremony on 8 October … Read more
Corruption among India’s factory inspectors makes labour regulation costly
New research shows that ‘extortionary’ corruption on the part of factory inspectors in India is helping to drive up the cost of the country’s labour … Read more
Kent graduate to co-ordinate United Nations Africa youth initiative
Kent graduate Catherine Onoselase has been selected to co-ordinate a UN youth initiative in The Gambia. Catherine, who graduated in 2015 with a BSc in … Read more