Leading experts will discuss ways to improve survey design and data collection in developing economies when they meet Dec. 10-11 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. for “Survey Design and Measurement in Development Economics,” a conference presented by the University of Chicago, the World Bank and...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today the recipients of the Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowships in Entrepreneurship Research. Five fellowships in the amount of $50,000 each were awarded to tenured or tenure-track junior faculty members whose...

The Enterprise Initiative is pleased to announce an upcoming lunch series focusing on current research in the area of development economics. "Eats & Economics", to be held biweekly on Tuesdays throughout the winter and spring quarters, will highlight enterprise-focused research by both...

Published: Jan / Feb 2008 Along a narrow gravel road in central Thailand’s Lopburi province stands a two-story house with a corrugated-steel roof. On a hot day last August a family of three sat cross-legged on the cobalt-tiled floor and talked about their life and work with interviewers from the Thai...

Published: March 20, 2008 The John Templeton Foundation has provided a $3.3 million grant for a new project to focus on wealth creation and poverty reduction in developing countries by bringing together some of the nation’s leading economists and scholars to form The Enterprise Initiative, based at the...

Entrepreneurs are considered a source of innovative ideas, unique perspectives and much-needed enterprise, but their role in a developing country is even more critical. The entrepreneur drives both growth and productivity. A close examination of financial access is essential to this discussion, as financial...