Research unit that brings together staff at the School of Economics, University of Nottingham whose primary reasearch interests are economic issues as relating to development economics. Has some 12 Internal Fellows and a global network with links to other institutes and about 12 External Fellows. Hosts workshops and conferences, engages in collaborative research projects, and disseminates findings through a series of Research papers (about 20 per year).WWW site has information on research programmes and full text of staff discussion papers