Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2026
A woman in Busia, Kenya
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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 2026 was hosted by the University of California, Davis.
Call for Papers
The call for papers is now closed. If you have not yet received an update about the status of your paper submission, please email Arman Rezaee, abrezaee@ucdavis.edu.
Keynote Address
Edward Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics, the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, & Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley, delivered the keynote address — “The Climate-conflict Nexus and Africa’s Economic Future.”
