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Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2025

Community farming group at work near the town of Masi Manimba, Bandundu Province, DRC | Russell Watkins, Department for International Development

About the Conference

The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is the West Coast’s largest annual conference on development. The event brings together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss work that enhances our understanding of economic development, advances theoretical and empirical methods, and improves development interventions and policy.

PacDev 2025 will be hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, at USC.

Call for Papers

PacDev welcomes paper submissions in all research topics in development economics. Priority will be given to full papers, but extended abstracts will also be considered; submissions from junior researchers are encouraged. The deadline for submission was Monday, December 2nd at 11:59PM. Authors will be notified about the results of their submission by mid-January.

Areas of work
CEGA Core