Development Economics Group
The mission of the Development Economics Group (DEC) is to contribute to an improved understanding of the processes of sustainable development, institutions, conflict and poverty alleviation. To this end, DEC selects teaching material and focuses on research that can shed light on the dynamics of factor productivity and resource use in developing countries.
Agenda
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David de la Croix (UCLouvain): ''67,000 European university professors and academicians: human capital, mobility, families, and religion from 1000 CE to 1800 CE''
19 March 2024 - Seminar - Tuesday March 19, David de la Croix (UCLouvain, Belgium) will give a seminar entitled ''67,000 European university professors and academicians: human... -
Calumn Hamilton (University of Groningen): “Foreign Aid and Structural Change''
26 March 2024 - Seminar - Tuesday March 26, Calumn Hamilton (University of Groningen) will give a seminar entitled “Foreign Aid and Structural Change."
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Hazal Sezer (Tilburg University): “Convicts and Comrades: Coerced Labor’s Impact on the First Labor Unions."
02 April 2024 - Seminar - Tuesday April 2, Hazal Sezer (Tilburg University) will give a seminar entitled “Convicts and Comrades: Coerced Labor’s Impact on the First... -
Arnab Basu(Cornell University): ''Cooking Fuel Choice and Child Mortality in India''
11 April 2024 - Seminar - Thursday April 11, Arnab Basu (Cornell University) will give a seminar entitled ''Cooking Fuel Choice and Child Mortality in India''
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Tongzhe Li (University of Guelph): ''Rooted in Local Soil, Not Swept byGlobal Wind: A Field Experiment on Impure Public Goods''
16 April 2024 - Seminar - Tuesday April 16, Tongzhe Li (University of Guelph) will give a seminar entitled: ''Rooted in Local Soil, Not Swept by Global Wind: A Field Experiment... -
RHI Seminar: Mary Elisabeth Cox
02 May 2024 - Seminar - We happily invite you to an additional RHI Seminar. The speaker is Mary Elisabeth Cox from CEU Vienna.
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RHI Seminar: Xabier Garcia Fuente
16 May 2024 - Seminar - We happily invite you to the RHI Seminar of May. Our speaker for this month is Xabier Garcia Fuente from the University of Barcelona.
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RHI Seminar: Rebecca Simson
13 June 2024 - Seminar - We happily invite you to the RHI Seminar of June. Our speaker for this month is Rebecca Simson from the University of Oxford.
The seminar will take...
Impact stories
Highlights
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How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change
News - Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security. They produce higher yields and are often... -
Publication: End COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries
News - Recent paper in Science with a contribution from Maarten Voors (DEC) on ''Overcoming last-mile vaccine delivery challenges'' -
Receiving IAAE AWARDS 2021
News - Two papers from DEC researchers were awarded by the International Association of Agricultural Economists(IAAE)
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How Dutch migratory birds are caught by trapping nets
News - Each year, large numbers of migratory birds (including Dutch birds) are caught in the Mediterranean. These birds, ranging from quails to nightingales,... -
Science Advances: Increased poverty and food insecurity in low and middle-income countries during the first Covid wave
News - Many people in countries such as Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, the Philippines, Nepal, Rwanda and Sierra Leone were hit hard by... -
Research on humanitarian relief to IDPs in Congo wins Best of UNICEF Reseach
News - A recent study by development economist Maarten Voors and colleagues has been announced as "Best of UNICEF Research". The study assesses the... -
Reactions to the Nobel Prize for experimental approaches to alleviating poverty
News - Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer have won the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their experimental approach to... -
Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid KNAW
News - De KNAW heeft de Wageningse hoogleraar prof. Erwin Bulte gekozen als lid. Naast hem zijn nog twee Wageningse hoogleraren gekozen: prof. John van der... -
Call for Papers: 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries
Symposium - We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) will be held on 19 and 20 April at the...