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Summer School in Development Economics

IGC

Job Status: Previous Vacancies

Posted Date: 19/06/2019

Last Date To Apply : 30/06/2019

Summer School in Development Economics

Patna,1-6August 2019

The International Growth Centre, directed by the London School of Economics (LSE) and University of Oxford,along with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai and the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK)is organising the 1stIGC Patna Summer School in Development Economics 1-6 August 2019. The workshop will be held at the Maurya Hotel, Patna.

The workshop is intended for advanced PhD students, students with recent PhDs, university faculty with recent PhDs, and officials engaged in research from government ministries.



The workshop will consist of lectures on current research frontiers of the respective subjects, with an emphasis on quantitative methods relevant to contemporary policy issues in India. Participants will have an chance to meet lecturers in allocated office hours to discuss their research with lecturers.

Structure:The sessions cover technical and policy-relevant topics.Theseinclude introduction to causal inference; micro-econometric methods for research using household and firm data;and the latest research in development research. As part of the Summer School, IGC will also host lectures on Public Finance which will be delivered by Sudipto Mundle, Emeritus Professor - National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and member of the 14thFinance Commission, Government of India.

Lecturers

Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute New Delhi

Achin Chakraborty, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata

Faculty, Indira Gandhi Institute of Developme

📌 Summer School in Development Economics (Samba)
🏢 Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI)
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