G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Conference on Development Economics

Special Application with Mentoring

Junior researchers (PhD students or 5 years past PhD) based in South Asian countries who would like to opt in for the mentoring part please use this Online Application Form.

About the Conference

The IZA/FCDO Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries Programme (G²LM|LIC), the Pathways to Development (path2dev) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) are pleased to announce a joint academic conference on Development Economics which will take place on Thursday September 11 and Friday September 12, 2025 followed by a one-day policy conference on Saturday September 13, 2025 at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan). The academic conference will consist of presentations of advanced stage research by senior or junior researchers, and presentations of early stage research by junior researchers.

A special feature of the conference will be the option of mentoring for junior researchers based in South Asian countries, in the months before the conference by BREAD fellows and affiliates.

• Senior/junior researchers are invited to submit a full paper. (Using the Submission Form.)
• Junior researchers (PhD students or 5 years past PhD) based in South Asian countries, are invited to
  • opt in for the mentoring part of the conference. In that case, one may submit an extended abstract, research design or PAP instead of a full paper, which would be the starting basis of the mentorship if accepted to the conference. (Using the Online Application Form.)
  • opt out of the mentoring part of the conference and submit a full paper. (Using the Submission Form.)

Call for BREAD Mentors

• We invite interested BREAD fellows or affiliates to sign up as a mentor in the G²LM|LIC Online Portal. Please sign up before May 5, 2025.
• Accepted juniors will be individually matched with registered BREAD mentors for one-to-one mentoring during the months before the conference. Mentors are expected to join the conference as well (with travel funding available for mentors).

Submission

We invite submissions from interested researchers on any topic within the area of development economics. Everyone is invited to attend all sessions of the conference. All papers presented at the conference will be selected through an open submissions process.

Please submit your paper before the deadline on Thursday 15 May 2025 at 11:59pm CEST. To ensure that all fonts, symbols, and equations appear the way they were originally typed, please submit your document in PDF format.

Notifications will be sent out by beginning of July 2025.

Travel and Accommodation

If accepted, economy class airfares and 4 nights of lodging for all presenters (incl. mentees) and mentors will be covered according to the IZA Reimbursement Guidelines. All participants are expected to stay for the entire 2-day academic event and the policy conference on September 13, 2025.

Kindly note that tax regulations prohibit IZA from fully reimbursing the travel expenses of conference participants who combine their trip with other destinations or extend their stay beyond the five-day window surrounding the event.

Please be sure before applying that your visa and vaccination status will allow you to attend the event.