Canadian Development Economics Study Group
Welcome
This is the home on the web for the Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG). The CDESG was formed in 2005 to facilitate interaction among economists interested in development economics issues.
2009 CEA Meetings in Toronto
Thanks to everyone that participated in the CDESG sessions at this year's CEA conference in Toronto. Talan Iscan, Sonia Laszlo, Gustavo Bobonis, Teddy Samy, and Katrina Harris deserve special thanks for all their work this year with the CDESG and this year's meetings. We had a very successful meeting, in large part due to their efforts! We organized 6 CDESG sessions, 10 regular development sessions, 1 policy panel, and hosted Jeffrey Williamson (Harvard) as our keynote speaker. A summary of the events can be found here.
We are also pleased to announce that the Albert Berry Prize winner for best paper by a junior scholar in the CDESG sessions went to Kim Lehrer (UBC) for her paper Gender Differences in Labour Market Participation During Conflict: Evidence from Displaced People's Camps in Northern Uganda . Last year's winner was Luisito Bertinelli (University of Luxembourg) for his paper Trends in Rainfall and Economic Growth in Africa: A Neglected Cause of the African Growth Tragedy. This paper was recently published by the Review of Economics and Statistics . We are sure Kim's paper will meet with similar success!
Lastly, we would like to thank Edgard Rodriguez and the International Development Research Centre for their support of our CEA activities!
Join the Group
Our group is dedicated to increasing the visibility of development economics in Canada. We now have over 80 members across Canada and world wide. If you would like to join the group and participate in future CDESG activities please drop us a line.
Financial Support
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support we receive through an IDRC grant for 2008-2010.
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