Gig or sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Grubhub and Taskrabbit are rapidly redefining the meaning of work, innovation and prosperity in post-industrial capitalist economies. How has ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

The typical four-year outline for Michigan Tech's Economics bachelor's degree provides a semester-by-semester guide to core courses, labs, and requirements. An introduction to economics. The ...

Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. The subject of this course is microeconomics, which examines the decision making of individuals and firms with regard to consumption, ...

International trade has long been recognised as a pivotal engine of economic development by facilitating the global exchange of goods, services and ideas. The expansion of international markets not ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Economic ...

The concept of the middle‐income trap (MIT) continues to pose significant challenges for countries undergoing rapid industrialisation and economic reform. This phenomenon refers to the stage where ...

It will take a long time for the full economic impact of COVID-19 to be known, but a careful scrutiny of labour market outcomes over the next couple of months will shed some light.