Mission Statement
This conference will bring together faculty working in Development Economics at Liberal Arts Colleges.
The field of development economics is a particular one: it incorporates most of the economics’ disciplinary sub-fields, be they theoretical or empirical. Of late, the field has become useful for informing policy through experiments and the field is evolving fast.
The intention of the conference is to provide a forum to discuss recent research and teaching in development economics. This will help foster exchange and collaboration among Liberal Arts Colleges Faculty and students.
The conference will include presentation sessions with discussants, a keynote speech by a leading development economist and also a session on teaching development economics in the liberal arts setting.
The lead institutions are the following: Amherst College, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Vassar College and Wesleyan University.
Our mission is to bring together researchers from liberal arts institutions to form a close network in the field of development economics.
The conference is meant to take place on an annual basis and rotate among the lead institutions.