The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on the formation and the role of formal and informal institutions in developing...

In recent years, economic theorists have made important advances in understanding the transition of economies from pre-industrial stagnation to modern economic growth, while economic historians have developed a detailed empirical account of economic growth over the second millennium. The aim of...