About Us

The Canadian Development Economics Study Group's aim is to promote academic excellence and policy dialogue among researchers in the field of development economics based both in Canada and in developing countries. In particular, CDESG seeks to:

 1.  Promote the link between policy and research in development economics within the community of Canadian economists;

 2.  Facilitate intellectual exchanges, communication, and research dissemination in the field of development economics between Canadian researchers, their counterparts in developing countries, and the international development community at large;

3.  Encourage new researchers to conduct practical development-relevant research.

The CDESG began operating in 2005, when it initiated its collaboration with the Canadian Economics Association  to enhance conference programming in the area of development economics.  Since 2007, we have been fortunate to have received financial support from the International Development Research Centre with grants that have allowed us to expand our programming to fulfill our objectives. Thanks to that generous funding, we have been able to invite many prominent keynote speakers. Recent speakers include Eliana La Ferrera (Harvard), Chris Blattman (Chicago), Máximo Torero (FAO), Eli Berman (UCSD), Mukesh Eswaran (UBC), and Leonard Wantchekon (Princeton).  We also have been able to invite many southern researchers to participate in our conferences as well as to start research collaboration.  

Our Sponsors

IDRC

CEA Study Group Funding