Construction Workers at the Dire Dawa Railway Station, Ethiopia
Research on the economics of development has been a long-standing strength of the department. Characterised by an emphasis on the testing of analytical models on primary empirical data, research on this theme engages with the full spectrum of development economics.
The main areas of research include land and labour markets; the microeconomics of firm- and household-level behaviour and productivity; agriculture, urbanisation, structural transformation and growth; technology and innovation; and trade, macroeconomic policy, public investment and debt.
The research groups working on this theme are the International Growth Centre (IGC), jointly with the Department of Economics and the London School of Economics; and the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD). Our researchers are key members of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, which straddles ODID, the Department of Economics and the Blavatnik School of Government.
Reforming the global financing development framework to serve the world’s poorest – opportunities for the FFD4 Conference in Seville
Starting today, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) takes place in Seville. Held every ten years since 2002, this iteration of FFD comes at a potentially pivotal time for multilateralism in a world reeling from aid cuts, tariffs and trade barriers, inflation, low growth, conflict and climate shocks. The pressure for significant and strategic reforms is mounting.
