Welcome to the 
 
Monash Centre for Development Economics

The Centre for Development Economics at Monash University produces high quality research on economic and social problems in the developing world.

The aim of this research is to further our understanding of these problems and how they can be mitigated. Our research, while academically rigorous, aims to be to a large degree policy-relevant and we regularly engage with government departments, development agencies and development NGOs.  

Director: Professor Lisa Cameron
Deputy Director: Assoc. Prof. Gaurav Datt

News and Events

Read about the impact of greenhouse gas emissions in Indian agriculture by Professor Sisira Jayasuriya.

Monash CDE Welcomes Many Visitors See the visitor schedule here

The former Development Research Unit is now the Monash Centre for Development Economics (Monash CDE)!
The establishment of the Centre reflects the University and Faculty's commitment to areas of research that seek to have an impact in the community beyond the university. Reseachers in the Monash CDE work on problems associated with poverty alleviation in the developing world. As a Centre, we will be actively seeking to establish partnerships with non-government organisations, international aid organisations and others in the development community to cooperatively develop research agendas that aim to improve our knowledge of the development process and provide information to policy makers about what works, what doesn't and what needs further exploration.

The Monash Centre for Development Economics is hosting the 2012 Australasian Development Economics Workshop (ADEW) on 7th and 8th June 2012. Keynote speakers include Professor Abhijit Banerjee (MIT). For more details visit the ADEW 2012 page.


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Featured Projects

  • Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
    Professor Pushkar Maitra, along with co-investigators Professor Dilip Mookherjee (Boston University), Dr Sujata Visaria (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Dr Sandip Mitra (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India) is currently involved in a project to empirically assess the role of information and credit constraints in preventing pass-through of increases in retail consumer prices for agricultural commodities to poor farmers in West Bengal, India.
    Find out more about Middleman Margins, Credit and Information Constraints: Potato Markets in West Bengal, India
  • Assessing the Impact of Improved Sanitation on Child Health
    Prof. Lisa Cameron (with Ass. Prof. Manisha Shah of the University of California at Irvine) is leading an evaluation of a large scale community-led sanitation program in Indonesia.
    Find out more about Assessing the Impact of Improved Sanitation on Child Health