The development landscape has never been static but in these times of uncertainty and insecurity, we are witnessing ever more profound shifts in global relations, inequalities, and forms of exclusion. Dominant trajectories and paths of ‘development’ have led the world to the brink of...

We welcome submissions of ALL papers in development economics, and we recognise that not every paper will fit exactly into one of the following themes: Agriculture; Firms; Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Health and Education; Households, Inequality, and Poverty; Labour; Macro Productivity; Natural...

We estimate empirically the impact of the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) on corporate leverage in India. The analysis builds on the Prowess database. For the estimations we use the difference in differences approach, where listed firms are used as the control group. We find that the IBC...

We examine the effect of regional favoritism on firms’ access to credit. Using firm-level data on a large sample of 29,000 firms covering 48 countries, we investigate the hypothesis that access to credit of firms is higher in the birth regions of national political leaders. We find evidence...

With organisations increasingly operating in ambiguous, volatile and complex environments, understanding effective governance within the institutional context – via board monitoring, managerial incentives, risk management and other systems – is crucial and challenging. We invite the...

Theme: Sustainable Supply Chains in Times of Multiple Crises This year’s edition of the Forum brings together key stakeholders from policy and representatives from the private sector, academia and civil society to discuss sustainability in light of the energy crisis, changes in the global...

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