OVERVIEW
The Institute for International and Development Economics is a web-based research and training institute focused on the application of economics to policy formation, with an emphasis on the global economy, economic (trade and financial) integration, and international development. We represent a network of research economists at a mix of academic, public, and private research institute working together on global isues. Our activities support research workshops and seminars, database development and dissemination, policy research and advice, education and training in policy formation and analysis, and dissemination of research results through digitial media and workshops.
publications & resources
IIDE publications include our discussion papers series and database dissemination.
EVENTS
The 2009 European Trade Study Group (ETSG) meetings will be held in Rome on 10-12 September 2009. IIDE has been a sponsor of ETSG since it was founded in 1999. The ETSG has grown into the world's largest academic conference on international trade. The program includes roughly 240 papers by trade economists, covering topics ranging from regionalism to the WTO, FDI, tax competition, and the impact of globalization of growth and income inequality. Last year's meeting was held in Warsaw. More information on this years meeting is available on the ETSG website: http://www.etsg.org.
The current state of debate among academics about the policy issues surrounding the WTO round, and related issues, can be found at the discussion on Trade on VoxEU.org. You may also want to follow issues on trade on the blog http://www.tradediversion.net/. Joseph Francois also runs a policy blog on related topics from the IIDE websie: The Random Economist Blog.
PROJECTS
IIDE research fellows are involved in a range of research projects, including database development (like the World Input Output Database Project: WIOD, and the IIDE-wiiw Global Services Trade Database: GSTD), studies of regional integration schemes , and longer-term projects on globalization issues like the role of the service economy in growth and development. More information is available on our projects summary page.
people
The Institute represents a network of economists working on issues related to the process of globalization, development, and the relevance of economic policy. Information on fellows is available here: IIDE research fellows
The mot recent version of the IIDE global services trade database is available for download.
The likely trade impact of an EU free trade agreement with ASEAN . 
Medical migration is an important source of supply for doctors and nurses in the OECD. It also raises important public policy issues in the developing world. IIDE fellow Martine Rutten has recently completed a survey on the determinants and implications of medical migration flows.