The PhD programme in Development Economics is a curriculum of the University of Florence's PhD in Economics. It aims at providing students with the methodological tools necessary to analyse the social and economic structures and political institutions of developing countries, their evolution over time and their relations with developed countries and the international economy. A specific focus is placed on the theoretical and empirical analysis of the changes in growth, inequality, poverty and human development induced by endogenous factors, national economic policies and transformations of the world economy.