The Database of Political Institutions has been added under the topic of Political Risk. Database of Political Institutions 2012 (Updated Jan 2013) is provided by the World Bank.

Department for International Development (DFID), GB and other funders The Department for International Development (DFID) and the International Development Research Council (IDRC) invite applications for small grants under the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) research project. These aim to support PRISE’s objectives in its inception phase. Projects should develop baselines and assessments of current […]

We would like to welcome Alejandro Riano (University of Nottingham) to the InsTED network.  His research focuses on firm-level adjustment to globalisation and its aggregate implications..

The Agency for International Development (USAID) invites applications for its advancing community-based services for health activity in Liberia. This aims to support community-based delivery of health and social welfare services and increase utilisation through health communications and support of community institutions. The key objectives are: •increased utilisation of quality services; •more responsive services through effective […]

We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Professor Roger R. Betancourt (University of Maryland)   His research interests currently lie in the area of applied microeconomics and economic development. Pierre-Louis Vezina  (University of Oxford)  His research interests include international trade and development.    

The Review of Development Finance Journal in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Development Finance and the Global Development Finance Research and Training Networks is organising the 2014 Global Development Finance Conference in Dubai in 3-4 September 2014. The conference will be bringing together academics, researchers from institutions working in the area of development and other […]

We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Prof Scott L. Baier (Clemson University)   His research centers on International Trade, Economic Growth and Development, and Applied Econometrics. Prof Kristy Buzard (Syracuse University)  Her current research focuses on the formation and maintenance of trade agreements, and on international trade theory and contract theory more generally. […]

We would like to welcome Ivan Lyubimov  (Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus School of Economics) to the InsTED network.  His primary research interests are in Development Economics and Political Economy.

We would like to welcome Prof Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) to the InsTED network.  His primary research interests are in political economy, international trade, urban economics, and applied microeconomics.