MIT, the same institution that produced one of this year's Nobel prize winners in economics, has introduced a new blended "micromasters" program that can help people earn their master's degree in data ...

Every decision we make is economics, because economics evaluates tradeoffs. Whether we’re buying a home or defining a migration corridor, economics offers tools to make choices that create value.

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

. . . receive a practical understanding of the economics of agriculture, rural community development, business economics, and natural resource policy. The program provides training for careers in ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract As strategies for achieving sustainable growth in developing countries are re-examined in light of the financial crisis, it is critical to ...

A $50 million grant commitment to the University of Chicago from CRI Foundation, Inc. will establish the University as the administrative home of the Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, ...

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 ...

The World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 2005), pp. 201-231 (31 pages) The literature on the economics of happiness in developed economies finds discrepancies between reported measures ...

The Development Policy Group (DECDP) plays a central role in managing DEC's operational review process and supporting key corporate initiatives, including the World Bank Group's evolution process and ...

The UChicago Women’s Board invited Nobel laureate and economics professor Michael Kremer to speak at their annual dinner at the Rubenstein Forum on November 16. The Women’s Board, a social and ...