Category: Development

by Amrit Amirapu, discussion paper KDPE 1706, February 2017. Non-technical summary Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a … Read more

Falling fertility rates have often been linked to rising female wages. However, over the last 40 years the US total fertility rate has been rather … Read more

The 10th edition of Professor Tony Thirlwall’s textbook, Economics of Development: Theory and Empirics, now co-authored with Dr Penélope Pacheco-López, is published this month by Palgrave-Macmillan … Read more

A report by the School’s Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Dr M Niaz Asadullah from the University of Malaya has been published in The Conversation on Bangladesh’s new child … Read more

Economics PhD student, Sashana Whyte, has been selected to join the Young Professionals Program of the World Bank from September this year. Since its inception in … Read more

“Studies have highlighted the role of electoral competition in directing the flow of public funds. Analysing data from India, this column finds lower income inequality … Read more

Child marriage is a global problem affecting 15 million girls every year. The practice severely limits their life choices, and there is a growing consensus within … Read more

A new discussion paper by Francis Awuku Darko, KDPE 1603, March 2016 Abstract This paper considers the possibility of mission drift in microfinance; a situation where … Read more

A new discussion paper by Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj, KDPE 1602, February 2016 Non-technical summary A third of women in developing countries around the world … Read more

A new discussion paper by Harounan Kazianga and Zaki Wahhaj, KDPE 1601, January 2016 Non-technical summary The question as to how resources are allocated within households … Read more