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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Katarzyna Kurek (Wageningen University, UEC/ AEP) Geothermal resources and local development in Poland
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John Komlos (University of Munich) The Rise of Trumpism
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Felix Meier zu Selhausen (Rural and Environmental History Group, WUR) The Economics of Christian Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development
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Vesall Nourani (MIT’s Department of Economics) Learning to Teach by Learning to Learn
Highlights
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Science Advances: Increased poverty and food insecurity in low and middle-income countries during the first Covid wave
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
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Latest publications
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New rice biotechnology in China: approval, adoption, and stakeholders’ views
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): J.H.H. Wesseler, co-promotor(en): D. Drabik; N.B.M. Heerink. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463955553 - p. -
The role of ICT in collective management of public bads : The case of potato late blight in Ethiopia
World Development 140 (2021). - ISSN 0305-750X -
Diets, Food Choices and Environmental Impacts across an Urban-Rural Interface in Northern Vietnam
Agriculture 11 (2021)2. - ISSN 2077-0472 -
Social capital, collective action, and livelihood resilience : A multidimensional approach
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): C. Leeuwis, co-promotor(en): F. Cecchi; R. Espinel Martínez. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463956529 - p. -
Information and communication technologies to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103 (2021)1. - ISSN 0002-9092 - p. 317 - 337.