STEG Funding Calls
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Fifth Ideas for Transformation (I4T) Call with the IGC
Deadline: Monday, 20 November
Structural Transformation and Economic Growth
STEG is a research initiative funded by FCDO that aims to provide a better understanding of structural change, productivity, and growth in low- and middle-income countries. Our research will help to design and implement strategies that better facilitate growth.
Latest News
New STEG Ideas for Transformation (I4T)
STEG has recently published two Ideas for Transformation (I4T) essays:
- I4T 001: Rexford Akrong's "Voluntary sustainability standards, participation in global value chains and the livelihoods of mango farmers and farmworkers in Ghana"
- I4T 002: Jamilu Said Babangida's "Breaking Barriers to Inclusion: Assessing Job Security, School-to-Work Transition and Discouragement Effects of Youth in Nigeria"
STEG Working Paper Series
The STEG Working Paper Series features leading research in the fields of structural transformation, productivity, and growth. Find the latest papers below!
Land Abundance, Openness, and Industrialization
Adrian Wood
Self-employment Within the Firm
Vittorio Bassi, Jung Hyuk Lee, Alessandra Peter, Tommaso Porzio, Ritwika Sen and Esau Tugume
Economic Growth and the Rise of Large Firms
Zhang Chen
Jobseekers’ Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search
Andrea Kiss, Robert Garlick, Kate Orkin, Lukas Hensel
Who Wants Property Rights? Conjoint Evidence from Senegal
Matthew Ribar
A Theory of Structural Change, Home Production and Leisure
Fenicia Cossu, Alessio Moroz, F. Javier Rodriguez-Roman, and Silvio Tunis
Do Small Firms Partially Insure Customers from Price Increases? Evidence from Retail Firms in Tanzania
Jess Rudder
Trade Exposure and Social Cohesion: Evidence from Uganda
Kasper Vrolijk and Gideon Ndubuisi
Foreign Direct Investment, Geography, and Welfare
Jose Asturias, Marco Sanfilippo, and Asha Sundaram