Discover the core principles of development economics, including top theories like mercantilism and structural-change theory, to enhance conditions in developing nations.

Good morning. It is an honor to speak at the 20 th World Congress of the International Economic Association. The overarching question of this congress is “Are we at a turning point?” I believe we are.

Kari Polanyi Levitt is Emerita Professor of Economics at McGill University, Montreal, and was the George Beckford Professor of Political Economy at the University of the West Indies, Mona from 1995 to ...

Esther Duflo (L) and Abhijit Banerjee, who, along with Michael Kremer (not pictured), won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. EPA/CJ Gunther The 2019 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...