Startup Idea: Economic Development Analysis Platform

Startup idea to develop a software platform that encourages heterodox analyses of economic development. The platform will host research, theoretical debates, policy discussions and also act as an international medium for sharing works from alternative heterodox groups. It also aims to engage with economists for capacity building in various sector.

to encourage and develop heterodox analyses of economic development issues through research, theoretical debates, empirically-based investigations and policy discussions; to create an international medium for the exchange of scholarly and policy-oriented work on such issues; to increase the visibility of and access to works and analyses of alternative heterodox groups and scholars; to engage with fellow economists, particularly young economists, in order to enhance capacity building in research, teaching, policy making and advocacy; and to promote interaction between research activities, policy advocacy and activism, and to reinforce.