The 3rd DEC 2019 on Social Institutions and the Economic Performance of Nations: A 21st Century Perspective

Since the first conference in 2015, DEC has been growing into a leading biennial conference on development economics. After the success of the 2^nd DEC, held in Lincoln in 2017, they expect this year’s conference to attract a large number of established scholars as well as early career researchers and PhD students from the UK and overseas universities and institutes. Alongside the extensive conference programme featuring prominent keynote and invited speakers there will also be offered training sessions for PhD students and early career researchers.

The broad theme of DEC 2019 is framed along the lines of the late Douglas North’s seminal contributions of the late last century to address issues arising out of the social and political turbulence affecting the global community in the 21^st century. The conference will primarily aim to examine how these issues have been affecting the economic performance of nations at micro and macro levels.

Speakers

• Prof. Kaushik Basu - Cornell University
• Prof. Johan Swinnen - KU Leuven
• Prof. Kunal Sen - United Nations University
• Prof. Patrick Paul Walsh - University College Dublin
• Prof. Sushanta Mallick - Queen Mary University of London
• And many others