Our Research Centers
provides financial support for research in six core areas of interest to visiting faculty, postdoctoral fellowships, workshops, and graduate students. We sponsor regular conferences and publish working papers, reprints, and monographs.
was founded in 1961 as the first research center in a major US university focused on the quantitative study of lower-income economies. EGC researchers seek to understand not only the links between economic growth and poverty, but also how rising inequality and a changing climate affect individual wellbeing, especially among marginalized groups in developing countries.
is a policy-engaged research initiative that enables researchers to work with in-country policy counterparts to identify and advance research-backed solutions to build more inclusive, just societies. IE is a collaboration across The Economic Growth Center and The MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.
seeks to strengthen families, communities and the nation by supporting policy-relevant research. Our work is developing new ways to unlock research opportunities, advancing policy insights and serving as a platform for national, non-partisan policy impact.
is an innovative research center for faculty and graduate students working at the intersection of computer science, economics, and data science. With new data and technology constantly emerging, CADMY provides a space to foster advanced research.
advances research on the effects of global development policy interventions at scale. In partnership with NGOs and governments, Y-RISE researchers develop successful programs, produces scholarship, guidance for policymakers, and helps implement tested programs on a large scale.
