International Development Economics Association

Three weeks ago, IDEA opened its doors to development economists everywhere. The response has been extraordinary: 3,700+ scholars from 134 countries have joined the community. See who's taking shape — where we are, where we work: link in first reply 🌍

Big news for development economics! Congratulations to @ideadevecon on the launch of IDEA. We're excited to welcome IDEA President Prof. Yang as a Plenary Speaker at #ADE2026! idea.devecon.org/about.html @Lahore_School @Innovate_Centre @ideadevecon @deanyang @The_IGC @CDPRPak

Thank you, @CREB_Pak! Honored to give a plenary at #ADE2026 in Lahore — and excited that we'll convene @ideadevecon's first in-person gathering there on Aug 20. Development economists in Pakistan, I hope to see you! 🌍

The International Development Economics Association (IDEA) is now live! Open to all development economists, with particular attention to scholars in low- and middle-income countries. Join by signing up at idea.devecon.org @ideadevecon

If you've enjoyed our BREAD and Development Economics courses, or other opportunities to connect with researchers across the development economics community, you may be interested in IDEA – a new global, open, democratically governed association for development economists ⬇️

Founded in January 2026, the International Development Economics Association (IDEA) is the first global professional association of development economists. @OwenOzier @ideadevecon discusses the rationale for creating this organisation & what it would do ideasforindia.in/topics/miscell…

@OwenOzier writes about @ideadevecon on @CGDev's blog. cgdev.org/blog/introduci…

IDEA on the World Bank's Development Impact blog. Board member Owen Ozier introduces the association — why development economics needs a global professional home, and what IDEA is building. Read it, then join us: idea.devecon.org blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Proud for the support of amazing organizations @CEGA_UC !

IDEA has been built by a stellar Board! A few of them here on X, all worth a follow 👇 @Prof_Nishith_P @DinaPomeranz @willafriedman @emily_beam @ashaniamar @EdmondsEric @hyderabadi_Chai @GChiovelli @paofal @AsieduEddie Join us: idea.devecon.org 🌍

Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍

@AsieduEddie @GChiovelli

What is IDEA?

@OwenOzier @willafriedman

@deanyang @ashaniamar @Prof_Nishith_P @Hyderabadi_chai @paofal

Welcome to IDEA!