The 2007 Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference reveals what a different (i.e. broader and more exciting) field that development economics has become in the past decade. Just a few highlights from the full range of sessions and papers include:
- Paxson & Schady: How cash transfers affect child health
- Jha: Impact of trade on religious riots
- Ferraz: The political capture of Brazilian bureaucrats
- Comin, Easterly & Gong: Was the wealth of nations determined in 1000 BC?
- Ksoll: Family networks raise education among orphans in Tanzania
- Michalopoulos: Economic origins of cultural diversity
- Paluck: Can a radio soap opera reduce prejudice in Rwanda?
- McKelvey: Using circumcision to assess the labor market impact of AIDS
- Mel, McKenzie & Woodruff: How to measure micro-enterprise profits
- Olken: Does deliberation or democracy promote better local development?
- Clemens & Pritchett: Is migration development?
- Bjorkman & Svensson: Does community-based monitoring of development work?