development-economics

Protectionist measures will deal blow to country’s budget as it defends itself against Russia, says Metinvest chief New EU limits on steel imports could destroy Ukraine’s industry and deal a big blow to the country’s budget as it defends itself against Russia, according to the head of its biggest steelmaker. Yuriy Ryzhenkov, the chief executive of Metinvest, said the new EU quota system due on 1 …

Western Advantage Is Mostly Not Wealth — It's Coordination Infrastructure The most useful reframe of development economics I've encountered: Many Western institutions are machines that solve five problems: Uncertainty → Insurance Trust → Reputation systems Information asymmetry → Markets Enforcement → Courts Coordination → Corporations AI does not replace these. AI may become the operating system…

An analysis of Kenya's proposal to monetize government data — and the larger opportunity the debate has so far overlooked. Introduction: The Most Valuable Thing Kenya Owns Isn't Gold, Oil, or Land Imagine waking up tomorrow and hearing the government announce: "We have discovered a new natural resource. It exists in every county. It grows every day. It never runs out. It powers AI, business, rese…

Knowledge of determinants of MSME density is important to inform evidence-based economic policy, especially in developing economies where MSMEs are the main drivers of employment, poverty reduction, and inclusive growth. This study fills an important knowledge gap in the body of empirical literature by offering cross-country quantitative data on how the level of national income determines the for…

Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a key driver of innovation, employment generation, and economic development; however, entrepreneurial intention is shaped by a complex interplay of psychological, cultural, experiential, and contextual factors. This study investigates the determinants of entrepreneurial intention among individuals from different national contexts, with a specific focus on …

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, widely known as J-PAL, is inviting applications for the Senior Training Associate position at J-PAL Global. This opportunity is based at the J-PAL Global office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. This is a strong opportunity for candidates with a background in economics, […] The post J-PAL Global Seni…

Alok Pratap Singh, BBA LLB, Central University of South Bihar Introduction: The United Nations (UN), established in 1945 in the aftermath of World War II. United Nation serves as a principle international organization tasked with maintaining global peace, security, and cooperation among states. For the implementation of the global peace and security the United Nation uses one of the most importan…

Shoumitro Chatterjee and Arvind Subramanian in this PIIE research show how China is limiting industrialisation in developing economies: Concern over China’s trade surplus is again resurging in the United States and Europe, but less attention has been paid to what China’s surplus means for low- and middle-income countries. Despite becoming a richer and higher-tech economy, China continues […]

For ambitious economics graduates seeking to launch a career in economic research, monetary policy, forecasting, and data-driven economic analysis, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) have opened applications for the highly competitive Economist Internship Programme 2027. This prestigious trainee programme offers successful candidates the opportunity t…

_Zenodo_. 2026This paper develops the distinction between productive capital and claim capital as a balance-sheet approach to capital composition in monetary production economies. Productive capital is defined as capital that expands reproducible productive capacity. Claim capital is defined as capitalized claims on future output that do not necessarily expand the economy’s ability to produce tha…

E-food delivery is a trillion-dollar market . And most of that trillion is not going to farmers, store owners, or the people who actually move food around. It's going to the infrastructure layer sitting between them — the platform tax, the per-order cut, the SaaS subscription that charges you to exist inside someone else's garden. The walled garden isn't accidental. It's the product. What if food…

_Https://Www.Counterpunch.Org/Author/Ali-Khan/_. 2026This paper introduces the concept of the Minimal Paradise, a universal life infrastructure designed to guarantee that every household is free from destitution while preserving and expanding market-based innovation, entrepreneurship, and scientific progress. The paper argues that many political, economic, and moral theories were developed under …

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 29 May 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07760-5 When does debt become a burden? Evidence from Asian developing countries

New Quality Productive Forces (NQPF) refers to the shift in economic structure from factor-driven extensive growth to an innovation-intensive production system. This paper quantifies it from six dimensions: technological productivity, innovation capacity, digital industrialization, industrial digitalization, environmental productivity, and resource efficiency. The study focuses on 18 provinces al…

_Moral Philosophy and Politics_. forthcomingIn the literature on global justice, the issue of economic growth in developed countries has received only scant attention. Where addressed, it is widely presumed to be either detrimental or irrelevant from the perspective of the world’s poor. This contribution aims to challenge this disregard by arguing that affluent countries have a duty of global jus…

A new international currency faces a foundational problem: how to distribute the initial supply fairly. Existing proposals (Keynes’s bancor, Special Drawing Rights, BRICS reserve currencies) rely on GDP‑weighted quotas or political bargaining – both of which entrench existing asymmetries. This paper proposes a radical alternative: the Bancor is launched on a per‑capita basis, giving every human l…

Nature, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01664-9 Poland’s economy is thriving, but its science is dying

The Ph.D. in Economics at Sapienza University of Rome—offered through the Department of Economics and Law—is one of Europe’s most rigorous and research‑intensive doctoral programs. Designed for highly motivated students with a strong passion for advanced economic theory, quantitative methods, and empirical research, this four‑year program provides a transformative academic journey that prepares g…

Out-of-pocket health care spending is an inefficient and inequitable financing mechanism, as it reduces household well-being and can push families into poverty. This study estimates the impoverishment associated with out-of-pocket health care expenditures in Peru between 2010 and 2021 and identifies the factors associated with such impoverishment. Using microdata from the National Household Surve…