
Development Drums
by Owen Barder
June 3, 2022 10:15 pm
Development Drums takes an in depth look at key issues in international development and global poverty. Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. He is a former DFID chief economist and a policy advisor to the UK foreign secretary. Stefan Dercon argues that countries develop if they achieve an elite bargain, in which the country’s […]
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