Join the IDEA
Community

We invite you to join us as we launch the International Development Economics Association (IDEA), the first global professional association dedicated to development economics!

Please join our mailing list and tell us a little bit about your interests. In a few months, we'll reach out with a call for formal membership.

Please also consider becoming a Charter Contributor to facilitate building IDEA from the ground up.

Join the IDEA Mailing List

IDEA is open to all scholars, practitioners, and students interested in development economics — no institutional affiliation or application required.

By registering, you'll receive announcements about events, working papers, and IDEA activities. When formal membership launches in the coming months, you'll be invited to join as a full voting member.

Become a Charter Contributor

Please consider making a financial contribution to IDEA. These contributions will help cover expenses of starting the association, such as legal incorporation fees.

Please select your contribution amount below — or choose "Other" to give any amount you'd like.

$25 $75 $125 Other

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