Category: Development

Dr Penélope Pacheco-López, Lecturer in Economics, has made a major contribution to a recent UNIDO (United National Industrial Development Organization) publication on ‘Structural Change for Inclusive … Read more

The School of Economics will participate in a major study, funded by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), on marketing formal insurance to smallholder … Read more

by Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University and Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent. Discussion paper KDPE 1803, March 2018. Non-technical summary: Large segments of the population … Read more

A new blog was published yesterday in Vox EU by Dr Alex Klein, Senior Lecturer and Sheilagh Ogilvie, Professor of Economic History at the University … Read more

by Adelina Gschwandtner, University of Kent; Cheul Jang, Korea Water; and Richard McManus, Canterbury Christ Church University. Discussion paper KDPE 1720, December 2017. Non-technical summary: … Read more

Dr Zaki Wahhaj from the School of Economics discusses the risk that young female Rohingya refugees are at increased risk of forced marriage as a … Read more

The School of Economics hosted a research workshop on ‘Microeconomic Approaches to Economic Development’ on 21-22 June 2017 organised by Anirban Mitra and Zaki Wahhaj. … Read more

by Anirban Mitra, Shabana Mitra and Arnab Mukherji, discussion paper KDPE 1711, June 2017. Non-technical summary Campaigning in elections is costly. In countries without public funding … Read more

‘There is ample anecdotal evidence on political parties bribing voters with cash or consumption goods prior to elections, in India and other developing countries. However, … Read more

Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Dr Harounan Kazianga (Okhlahoma State University) have initiated a research project on ‘Enhancing access to weather index agricultural insurance in Burkina Faso’ … Read more