Discover the core principles of development economics, including top theories like mercantilism and structural-change theory, ...

Learn how the Human Development Index (HDI) assesses global human development using income and education to rank countries ...

On Aug. 15, 1947, British colonial rule in South Asia officially ended. The four independent states that eventually emerged in its place — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — all faced urgent ...

John Maynard Keynes, memorializing the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote that the “master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts…. He must be mathematician, ...

Steven Pinker on human development, economics, academic freedom Dr. Steven Pinker, Harvard psychologist, discusses driving social, political, and economic progress, promoting academic freedom, and ...

United Nations member states unanimously adopted the sustainable development agenda in 2015. It aims to ensure development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of ...

AMMAN — HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal on Tuesday took part in a dialogue session organised by the Palestinian-Jordanian Business Forum titled “Jordan amid Regional Geopolitical Changes,” where ...

Though rarely discussed as an economic thinker, Rabindranath Tagore developed a humanistic vision of rural society, technology and development that combined ethical ideals with inherent tensions ...