How can governments, business and NGO's co-operate most effectively to eradicate poverty? What is the best division of labour for achieving positive results in development? What is the optimum mix of strategies for achieving both growth and income distribution in developing economies? Are there...

Some of the specific issues to be considered are: - What are the forces driving urbanization and how do they differ from one region to another? - What are the economic and environmental costs and benefits of urban agglomerations? - What is the link between urban infrastructure and poverty...

The Riccardo Faini Doctoral Conference aims at providing Ph.D. students working on Development Economics topics an opportunity to present their work, discuss it with senior researchers, and meet colleagues. It honors the memory of Riccardo Faini, who always strived to provide graduate students...

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for Ph.D. students and young researchers who are working in the fields of international economics and development. This year it will focus on the main analytical and empirical approaches to the study of the impact of international...