News of the Development Economics Group
News of the Development Economics Group
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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 safe and affordable migrant housing
- WUR received funding for a study on safe and affordable housing for migrants. The project is a Dutch-Sino collaboration with, among others, Nanjing... -
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... -
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... -
Nico Heerink appointed professor holding a personal Chair
- The Executive Board of Wageningen University & Research has appointed Nico Heerink professor holding a personal Chair at the Development Economics... -
INREF grants funding for project “Beyond Anthropocene Pressures: convivialconservation integrating ECOlogy and ECOnomics along the Nile and its wetlands(Eco2)”.
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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... -
Financial impulse KNAW-MOST for Chinese-Dutch research teams
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Better maize variations prevent malnutrition
- Julius Manda will defend his PhD thesis later this year. He recently published an article in Food Security on "Determinants of child nutritional... -
Uma Lele Prize on Gender for paper by Mequanint Melesse and co-authors
- Mequanint B. Melesse received the prize for his paper "Joint Land Certification Programs and Women Empowerment: Evidence from Ethiopia",...