Why so Hostile? Busting Myths About Heterodox Economics
Ingrid Kvangraven and Carolina Alves clear up some common misunderstandings about ‘Heterodox Economics’ in a new GPID working paper. Here are their key lessons. Many […]
Economic development
Do Global Value Chains Enhance Economic Upgrading?
Global value chains (GVCs) are seen by many, including the World Bank, as a promising remedy to slow growth in developing countries. Local firms can […]
Imputing Away the Ladder? What GDP Methodology Has To Do With the Debate about Economic Convergence
Have developing countries converged on advanced countries? This was a topic of much discussion in the 1980s and 1990s, and it recently resurfaced (see e.g. […]
Qual x Quant = Methods²
A vibrant two-day international workshop discussed the potential of mixed-methods research in studying problems of global poverty and economic development. The conclusion: while faced with […]
ESRC GPID network advisor appointed as Under-Secretary-General of the UN
Professor Armida Alisjahbana, official advisor to the ESRC GPID network, has been named as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. This is the second major UN […]
Capital Deepening in the Twenty-first Century: a Wrap Up of Findings
This week, we wrap up our special series on the future of economic development, work, and wages in developing countries. We draw some conclusions. We […]
The Rise of the Robot Reserve Army: Working Hard or Hardly Working?
The rise of a new global ‘robot reserve army’ will have profound effects on developing countries but will it mean people will be working hard […]
DSA2018: Does structural transformation lead to higher inequality?
The ESRC GPID network ran two panels at the DSA 2018 conference in Manchester showcasing new research on structural change and inclusive growth. In this […]
Does deindustrialisation cause inequality to rise?
This week, ESRC GPID Director, Andy Sumner continues continues the set of blogs on deindustrialisation and developing countries. In past weeks, we’ve discussed varieties of […]
Are there good and bad varieties of deindustrialisation?
Deindustrialisation has become the experience of many middle income developing countries. This week on the ESRC GPID blog we start a series of blogs on […]
