Christopher Woodruff is Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford and a Non-Executive Director of British International Investment, the UK’s Development Finance Institution. He is the Scientific Coordinator for the FCDO–Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) joint research venture on Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) and a member of the Steering Committee of the International Growth Centre. In addition to his position at Oxford, he is a Research Fellow at the CEPR, and a Senior Fellow of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). Chris’s research is widely published in leading academic journals and focuses on enterprises in low-income countries, with noted work on returns to capital investments in microenterprises and the effect of formal registration on enterprise performance. He is a pioneer in the use of field experiments in firms.
Call for papers
We now invite submissions for papers to be presented at ADEW 2026.
Please submit a full paper (PDF format) along with the following information for all authors:
- Full name
- Position
- Organisation
Submissions should be submitted through Conference Maker by 15 March 2026. Authors will be notified of the outcome in mid-April 2026. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Financial Aid: Limited financial assistance may be available to support travel for Australian-based PhD students whose papers are accepted for presentation. PhD students wishing to be considered for support must submit a full paper (not just an abstract) and indicate in their submission email that they are applying for financial assistance. Stay tuned for more information.
Important Dates
15 December 2025: Paper submission open
15 March 2026: Paper submissions close
13 April 2026: Notifications of paper acceptance
20 April 2026: Registrations open
28 May 2026: Registrations close
4 - 5 June 2026: Conference dates
ADEW 2026 Organising Committee
- Firman Witoelar, Associate Professor, ANU Indonesia Project, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.
- Shyamal Chowdhury, Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Chair of South Asian Economics, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, and Director Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC), Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.
- Ryan Edwards, Associate Professor, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, and Deputy Director, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.
- Martine Mariotti, Professor, Centre for Economic History, Director of the Research School of Economics, ANU.
- Yixiao Zhou, Associate Professor, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, and Director of China Economy Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU.
Contact the organsing committee: adew2026@anu.edu.au