development economics

Researchers studying Filipino domestic workers, in collaboration with the Philippine government through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, found that small gestures—providing a small gift of dried mangos and showing a family photo to new em...

Ford School economist Dean Yang joined NPR’s Planet Money to unpack the surprising surge, and looming drop, in U.S. remittances to low-income countries. His insights reveal how U.S. immigration policy changes could devastate economic development in d...

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of development. The substantive sections of the course address specific ...

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of development. The substantive sections of the course address specific ...