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Santiago, Chile and Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 2024 – The Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) and the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Latin America (BFI-LATAM) at the University of Chicago are pleased to announce the award of nine new grants supporting...

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at The University of Chicago, in collaboration with the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution are pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of the Expanding Diversity in Economics...

Dubai, December 2, 2023 – Michael Kremer, 2019 economics Nobel laureate, joined Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and COP28 Food Systems Lead, and Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, during...

ROME, October 17, 2023 – On World Food Day, the Innovation Commission called for investments to procure and deliver improved weather forecasts to farmers during a COP28 reception hosted by the UAE Embassy in Rome. As the climate changes, farmers’...

CHICAGO & WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2023 – The Development Innovation Lab at University of Chicago is pleased to announce the launch of a new Innovation Commission for Climate Change, Food Security and Agriculture. Michael Kremer, University Professor in Economics...

Read in Portuguese     Read in Spanish Chicago and São Paulo – The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at The University of Chicago and Insper in São Paulo today announced a comprehensive, multi-year research collaboration aimed at producing new...

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at the University of Chicago and the Hutchins Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution are pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of the Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) Summer...

Chicago/Delhi – The Development Innovation Lab (DIL) at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce a partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. “The partnership...

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago (BFI) is announcing 11 new research projects on the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and actionable policy solutions for lawmakers to consider going forward. This work is being...

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce the 2022 cohort of the Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) Summer Institute, which will be held June 6 – 26. The EDE Summer Institute...