MS in International & Development Economics - Meet our Faculty with Professor Bruce Wydick

Learn more about the MS in International and Development Economics program by joining Professor Wydick at our upcoming information session.  

Professor Wydick is a renowned development economist and was the founding director of the M.S. in International and Development Economics (IDEC) program. 

His areas of research specialization are in the use of econometric, experimental, and game-theoretic tools to analyze the impact of development programs. Professor Wydick's recent work examines the impact of development programs such as microfinance, child sponsorship, and in-kind donation of children's shoes, wheelchairs for the disabled, and clean wood-burning stoves. Other recent work studies the role of hope and aspirations in escaping poverty traps. His academic publications have appeared in the Journal of Political Economy, Economic Journal, Economica, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Development Economics, The World Bank Economic Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Development, and other journals. 

For more information on Professor Wydick's research and works, please visit his faculty page: https://www.usfca.edu/faculty/bruce-wydick