Development economics conferences 2026-2027: deadlines in your calendar

Open calls for papers

• November 13, 2026 (1 day left)Second European Political Science Society Annual Conference (EPSS 2027)
• November 15, 2026 (3 days left)XLIIemes Journees du developpement ATM 2027 - MondeS en TransitionS
• November 15, 2026 (3 days left)2027 WEFIDEV-RFS-CEPR Conference on Finance and Development
• December 9, 2026 (27 days left)4th International Doctoral and Postdoctoral Conference in the Law and Law Related Fields: Legal Aspects of Economic and Social Development (SPLITLAW 2027)
• December 13, 2026 (31 days left)Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2027
• December 15, 2026 (33 days left)WEAI 102nd Annual Conference
• January 4, 2027 (53 days left)9th West Indies Economic Conference (WECON 2027)
• January 25, 2027 (74 days left)Octavo Seminario Internacional America Latina y el Caribe y China: condiciones y retos en el Siglo XXI
• January 31, 2027 (80 days left)4th International Conference on Economics and Finance (Nepal Rastra Bank)
• January 31, 2027 (80 days left)Bristol Applied Economics Meetings 2027: Meeting on Development Economics

Upcoming events on development economics

• November 12–14, 202620th Environment for Development Annual Meeting Main topicIndian Institute of Management in Kozhikode, Kerala, India
• November 12–13, 20267th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future Main topicFaculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
• December 7–11, 2026CSAE Economic Development in Africa Workshop 2026 Main topicNairobi, Kenya
• March 21–23, 2027CSAE Conference 2027: Economic Development in Africa Main topicSt Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
• March 25–26, 2027Annual Central Bank Conference on Development Economics in MENAAP (6th RRN Conference) 2027 Main topicRome, Italy
• April 30–May 1, 2027BREAD Spring 2027 Conference Main topicYale University
• May 26–28, 2027XLIIemes Journees du developpement ATM 2027 - MondeS en TransitionS Main topicMaCI - Maison de la Creation et de l'Innovation, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, France
• July 5–7, 202747th AISRe Annual Conference – Padua, Italy | 5–7 July 2027 Main topicPadua, Italy
• November 10–12, 20267th AfricaLics Research ConferenceJohannesburg, South Africa
• November 10–12, 2026II Congreso Internacional de Historia Económica del EcuadorParaninfo, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
• November 12–14, 2026LACEA-LAMES Annual Meeting 2026Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru
• November 13, 202664th PES Annual Meeting and ConferenceNovotel Manila Araneta City, Quezon City, Philippines
• November 14, 202649th FAEA Annual ConferenceNovotel Manila Araneta City, Quezon City, Philippines
• November 14, 2026NBER Economics of ReligionHyatt Regency San Francisco, Five Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA
• November 19–20, 2026CEPR Macroeconomics and Growth Annual Symposium 2026CUNEF Universidad, Madrid, Spain
• November 20–21, 202625th Anniversary Conference of the MSU Department of Applied Institutional EconomicsFaculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• November 24–25, 202620th South-Eastern European Economic Research WorkshopTirana, Albania
• November 24–25, 20262nd International Conference on New Trends in Business EnvironmentAmman, Jordan
• November 27–28, 20264th Annual Conference on China and the Global EconomyUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• December 2–4, 20262026 Australasian AID ConferenceAustralian National University, Canberra, Australia
• December 2–4, 2026SEEDS Annual Conference 2026Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara, Via Voltapaletto 11, Ferrara, Italy
• December 3–8, 2026CEPR Paris Symposium 2026Paris, France
• December 4, 2026BREAD/Development Economics Program Meeting, Fall 2026Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA, USA
• December 8–9, 2026Better Data for Better Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AIWorld Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, and livestream
• December 9–10, 20265th International Conference on the Economics of InformalityBogota, Colombia
• December 10–11, 202620th Scientific Conference of the Arab Association for Economic Research: Arab Economies in the Age of Artificial IntelligenceAmman, Jordan
• December 10–11, 2026Zimbabwe's Reconfigured Political Economy: Implications in Research, Theory, and Public PolicyHarare, Zimbabwe (venue may change to Marondera)
• December 11–12, 2026Second International Congress of CIEDEC: Economic Development in Historical PerspectiveAuditorium 1, Universidade Lusiada, Lisbon, Portugal
• December 14–15, 2026SALDRU-ERSA December Workshop on Frontiers in Applied Economics for Developing CountriesUniversity of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
• December 15–18, 202654th ANPEC National Meeting of EconomicsRecanto Cataratas Thermas Resort & Convention, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil
• December 16–17, 20269th International Scientific Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics, Business and ManagementFaculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, Liceja Kneževine Srbije 3, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
• December 18–19, 20262026 Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental EconomicsXiamen University, Xiamen, China
• December 19–20, 2026KU SOM Annual International Conference 2026: Navigating Business and Trade in a Changing Global LandscapeKathmandu, Nepal
• January 3–5, 202747th MEEA/ASSA Annual MeetingWashington, DC, USA
• January 3–5, 2027ASSA Annual Meeting 2027Washington, DC, USA (headquarters hotel: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC)
• January 3–5, 2027Chinese Economists Society Sessions at ASSA 2027Washington, DC, USA
• January 28–29, 2027Health Economics and Policy in Emerging Markets ConferenceCape Town, South Africa
• March 11–12, 20279th West Indies Economic Conference (WECON 2027)UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica
• March 13, 2027Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2027University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• March 17–18, 2027ReCIPE Annual Conference 2027Oxford, United Kingdom

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Organizers

Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association and Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society (LAMES), Institutions, Organizations, and Growth Program and Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI), CECFEE, Indian Statistical Institute, IJCCC, IIM Kozhikode, and and Environment for Development, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Faculty of Economics, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), and University of Oxford, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) and University of Oxford, Bank of Italy, World Bank Institute for Economic Development, and World Bank MENAAP Chief Economist Office, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development

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