2024 Rosenstein-Rodan Prize Awarded to Justin Jihao Hong
We are very happy to announce the winner of the 2024 Rosenstein-Rodan prize, awarded by the IED: Justin Jihao Hong: Corruption and Human Capital Supply for the State Congratulations, Justin! The Rosenstein-Rodan prize is awarded annually in memory of Professor Paul Rosenstein-Rodan. A monetary prize is awarded to the best research paper(s) in development economics […]
BU GDPC Event Features BU PhD Econ Alums Ashoka Mody and Neva Goodwin
On Tuesday, February 27th, BU’s Global Development Policy Center will host BU Economics PhD Alum Ashoka Mody, who will be speaking on his recent book, India is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today. The event will be moderated by Neva Goodwin, who is also an alum of the BU Economics PhD program. Ashoka Mody […]
2023 IED Research Review Published
The 2023 edition of the Research Review from the Institute for Economic Development at Boston University is now published. The Review includes working paper summaries from 2022-23, faculty profiles, graduate student grants, prizes, and more. The annual review was first published in 1999 and covers development economics and related fields of finance, trade, foreign investment, health, education, […]
Prof. Mookherjee wins grant from Asia Development Bank to study groundwater policies in India
The Asian Development Bank is supporting Prof. Mookherjee and the BU IED to gather ground-level data from ecological and household surveys from villages in India. The goal is to develop innovative strategies for designing and implementing policies, such as watershed restoration projects, that protect vulnerable communities in the Asia-Pacific region from the depletion of local […]
2022 IED Research Review Published
The 2022 edition of the Research Review from the Institute for Economic Development at Boston University is now published. Inside you will find working paper summaries from 2021-22, faculty profiles, graduate student grants, prizes, and more. The annual review was first published in 1999 and covers development economics and related fields of finance, trade, foreign […]
2016 Rosenstein-Rodan Prize awarded to Mesay Gebresilasse
The Institute for Economic Development awards the Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the best original research on development economics or a related discipline among PhD students. This year there was an extraordinarily large number of high quality submissions, making the problem of selection particularly difficult. The papers were read and evaluated by a committee of six IED […]
Call For Papers: 2015 Rosenstein-Rodan Essay Prize
The Institute for Economic Development is pleased to announce the call for the 2015 Rosenstein-Rodan Essay submissions. In memory of Professor Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, a prize of $1500 will be awarded to the best research paper in development economics submitted by a graduate student at Boston University. Eligibility: Any currently enrolled Economics PhD student who has […]
IED’s Rosenstein-Rodan Prize awarded to Mirko Fillbrunn, Anusha Nath, and Nate Young
The Institute for Economic Development awards the Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the best original research on development economics or a related discipline among PhD students. This year there was an extraordinarily large number of high quality submissions, making the problem of selection particularly difficult. The papers were read and evaluated by a committee of six IED […]