Developing Economics

This blog encourages critical perspectives on issues of economic development, broadly defined. Alternative approaches are welcome. Founded by @ingridharvold.

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

The Developing Economics blog has been listed as top 100 economics blogs to follow in 2026! 🥳
https://t.co/HMipF06VMz

[Ibrahim Oanda @ibrahim_oanda]

The ‘Academic Apex’ and the Colonisation of Development: Unmasking the RCT Scam https://t.co/v1KPDu6AOY via @CriticalDev

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

We at Developing Economics are pleased to partner with @DevEconNetwork to publish a series of Blogs on 'Reviving Central Planning a Global South Perspective' featuring Marxist Economists Prabhat Patnaik & C.P Chandrasekhar-moderated by @farwasial. Its time to bring Planning Back!

[Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲 @Phil_Free_]

Renewing Dependency Theory: The Case of Walter Rodney - @CriticalDev
https://t.co/HU0fwSSSt5

[José Daniel Saade Figueroa @josesaade]

Industrial Policy between Rentierisation and Retaliation https://t.co/7H51oaAeH1 vía @CriticalDev

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: The IMF and World Bank spent 40 years stigmatising industrial policy. Now they are mainstreaming it. @shiranperuma asks: has the tide really turned on market fundamentalism?
https://t.co/hb2ty2HHZR

[Shiran Illanperuma @shiranperuma]

The IMF and World Bank spent 40 years stigmatising industrial policy. Now they are mainstreaming it. My piece for @CriticalDev asks: has the tide really turned on market fundamentalism?

[International Development Economics Associates @DevEconNetwork]

📢Webinar series on history & relevance of central planning from #GlobalSouth perspective. Join discussion on meaning & legacy of planning in Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Africa, and East & West Asia.

1st session w/ Prabhat Patnaik, @cpc01 & @farwasial. https://t.co/7xKD33jNFz

[Farwa Sial @farwasial]

The webinar series will be accompanied by teaching and discussion material. @DevEconNetwork is pleased to partner with @CriticalDev for publishing blogs on each webinar. Join us for the first webinar 22nd June 10:30 UTC https://t.co/7jRsHbe773

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

The First webinar is scheduled for 22nd June 10:30 UTC will address the meaning +Fundamentals of National Planning & how it differs from Market-led Development. Register and join https://t.co/klfkog0GZq

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

We at Developing Economics are pleased to partner with @DevEconNetwork to publish a series of Blogs on 'Reviving Central Planning a Global South Perspective' featuring Marxist Economists Prabhat Patnaik & C.P Chandrasekhar-moderated by @farwasial. Its time to bring Planning Back!

[Judy @GitahiJudy]

Green Debt Bondage: How Indonesia’s Electric Transition Deepens Platform Driver Exploitation https://t.co/zd8xg3pD34 via @CriticalDev

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: Anindya Dessi Wulansari analyses how worker control operates today in Indonesia, through a seemingly technical process. The piece traces the historical roots of worker depoliticisation & unpacks wage calculation as a form of political control. https://t.co/F4ppxAX6p3

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: @arifnovianto_id explores how Indonesia’s electric transition deepens platform driver exploitation through the concept of Green Debt Bondage.
https://t.co/Y6iu0rOGJv

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: Anindya Dessi Wulansari analyses how worker control operates today in Indonesia, through a seemingly technical process. The piece traces the historical roots of worker depoliticisation & unpacks wage calculation as a form of political control. https://t.co/F4ppxAX6p3

[Gana Kedlaya @Eletell]

"Green debt bondage: a configuration in which ecological transition, platform governance, and financialised credit converge to bind workers to perpetual labour without delivering the promised climate dividend." 👇🏾

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: @arifnovianto_id explores how Indonesia’s electric transition deepens platform driver exploitation through the concept of Green Debt Bondage.
https://t.co/Y6iu0rOGJv

[Farwa Sial @farwasial]

While criticisms of #RCTs have been abundant- responses always focus on justifying methods- this one on @JPAL and the @QJEHarvard explain why methods which need constant defense still flourish @CriticalDev https://t.co/yIaahXC00k

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: @farwasial and @cpc01 offer sharp reflections on the relationship between militarised AI, private credit, and the Iran war.
https://t.co/rORB64Jgvu

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: @farwasial reflects on the possibilities of a people-centered anti-imperialist green and just transition in the context of the US exit from the UNFCCC, the new global arms race, and the so-called Board of Peace. https://t.co/Bp3Yra4wFm

[Developing Economics @CriticalDev]

NEW POST: @farwasial and @cpc01 offer sharp reflections on the relationship between militarised AI, private credit, and the Iran war.
https://t.co/rORB64Jgvu