20th Annual Conference on

The 20th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (ACEGD 2025) was held from 18th to 20th December 2025 at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi. The conference was organized by the Economics and Planning Unit, ISI Delhi, in collaboration with the Centre De Sciences Humaines, LEAD at IFMR, and CECFEE under the Digital Platforms and Women’s Economic Empowerment (DP-WEE) project.

The conference featured over 80 parallel sessions spanning a wide range of thematic areas, with paper presentations by researchers at various stages of their academic careers.

Conference Participation:
● Total Participants: 375 (232 Presenters, 132 Non-Presenters, and 11 ISI Delhi Faculty members)
● Total Presenters: 232
● Total Papers Presented: 230 (including 2 co-presented papers)

Plenary Speakers:
● Siwan Anderson (University of British Columbia)
● Debraj Ray (New York University)
● Catherine Wolfram (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Further details about the conference, including the programme and sessions, are available on the conference webpage.