Mission
Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives on less than $3.65 per day (adjusted for purchasing power, using 2020 prices), with the frequent hunger, chronic health problems, and everyday indignities that such poverty entails. How can the living standards of the poor be raised? The Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP) supports microeconomic research to investigate the sources of poverty and to inform practical interventions to address them.
Upcoming Events
Development Colloquium: Eshaan Patel
Development Colloquium: Cheng Jin
Development Colloquium: Tushar Kundu
Recent News
New Thinking in Industrial Policy: Perspectives from Developed and Developing Countries
CDEP at Nobel in Africa Conference
CDEP at the Columbia Global Center in Tunis
Core Initiatives
The Center has four core initiatives, the Human Capital Initiative, the Firms and Innovation Initiative, the Politics, Institutions and Conflict Initiative, and the AI and Development Initiative.
The Firms and Innovation Initiative is motivated by the view that one of the best anti-poverty programs is a steady job at a wage sufficient to support the basic needs of a household. Such jobs are more likely to be available when an economy’s industrial sector is thriving, when firms are growing and investing in their workforces.
