The department is a lively community that is recognised internationally as one of the top centres for research and teaching in development studies.

Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our courses offer excellent training for a career in international development or for advanced study, and attract students of the highest calibre from across the world.
“I had waited for 10 years before my dream to study in Oxford became a reality and the experience was truly beyond expectation”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Our students are taught to develop as critical and independent thinkers and when they leave us they are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to bring about real change.
“My time at Oxford strengthened my critical analysis and provided me with a unique interdisciplinary grounding in history, politics and economics that has equipped me well in dealing with public policy issues and program development strategy.”
Costa Rica today launches a new Business Multidimensional Poverty Index (bMPI), an adaptation for the business sector of the widely used poverty measurement tool developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at ODID that is designed to measure the living conditions of employees and their families.
The new index, known as the IPMe in Spanish, measures conditions in a number of priority dimensions for the country: housing, education, health, work and social protection, in addition to including a financial situation section.
It was developed by the Positive Horizon Association with technical support from OPHI.
The bMPI consists of the application of an easy to complete online survey which will provide detailed information to the employer about the living conditions of employees and staff at all levels in the company and their families.
Costa Rica is the first country in the world to use the MPI in the business sector.
The launch event will be live streamed at 9am in Costa Rica/4pm in the UK.