aidwatch

The Development Research Institute (DRI) is devoted to rigorous, scholarly research on the economic development and growth of poor countries. An independent and non-partisan organization, DRI is led by NYU Professors William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko and is home to a growing team of researchers. DRI seeks to engage the academic world and the wider public about effective solutions to world poverty through a range of activities including our Aid Watch initiative. Read More

 

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  • DRI Wins International AwardThe BBVA Foundation has recognized DRI for "its contribution to the analysis of foreign aid provision, and its challenge to the conventional wisdom in development assistance" with the €400,000 Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Development Cooperation.
  • William Easterly named as one of the Top 100 Global ThinkersForeign Policy's first annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers, published this month, includes Professor William Easterly at number 39 for "raising inconvenient truths about the foreign-aid business." The list also includes DRI affiliated faculty member Bruce Bueno de Mesquita.
  • Where Does the Money Go? Data AvailableNow available: data from the paper Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid, by William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze. Published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2008.