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 ...

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 ...

Economic history examines the evolution of economies over time, integrating insights from quantitative data, qualitative narratives, and interdisciplinary approaches. Scholars investigate how ...

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, ...

Economic resilience is a multifaceted concept that encompasses the capacity of regional economies to absorb external shocks, adapt to changing environments, and recover robustly while continuing ...

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 ...

The intersection of economics and ecology is increasingly central to addressing global environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ...