Experience & Academic Excellence
The department has 4 Paper series:
- CDE Working Papers Recent papers on development economics by faculty, alumni, and visiting lecturers;
- Research Memoranda older papers on economic development topics;
- Discussion Papers from the Williams Project in Higher Education; and
- Economics Department research papers.These papers are distributed to a large number of individuals and institutions in the U.S. and other countries.
Members of the Williams Economics Department are actively involved in economic research and frequently consult and collaborate with international organizations. Department members present results of their ongoing research at weekly economics faculty seminars throughout the academic year. In addition, the department and CDE regularly bring in economists from other institutions to present work in progress.
Professor Shore-Sheppard with her Econometrics class. Fall 2007.
Many members of the department have spent time working in low and middle-income countries under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Harvard Institute for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the United States Agency for International Development. Williams faculty members have served in an advisory capacity to academic programs and government ministries in many countries including Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, Egypt, Botswana, Colombia, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Nicaragua, and Bolivia.
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Professor Gentry with his Tax Policy in Emerging Markets class. January 2008.
CDE Faculty
Learn more about the Williams College CDE Economics Faculty:
Each faculty member has a homepage (name underlined) available through the Economics department detailing their interests, backgrounds and publications.
Other Williams Faculty who teach at the CDE
Visit the Williams College Economics website for all faculty or click on the links below for faculty who frequently teach at the CDE:
Ralph Bradburd
Douglas Gollin
David Love
Lucie Schmidt
Stephen Sheppard
David Zimmerman