Navarra Center for International Development (NCID)

What Navarra Center for International Development (NCID) does

Navarra Center for International Development (NCID) is a non-profit academic research center based at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. Established in 2012, NCID conducts evidence-based research on extreme poverty, development economics, and policy effectiveness in low-income countries, using applied econometric methods including regression discontinuity design, fractional cointegration, and difference-in-differences estimation. Its research covers topics such as conflict, governance, education, democracy, urban planning, and institutional development.

The center's outputs include more than 88 working papers, 11 occasional papers, 14 book reviews, and country-level reports covering Kenya, Ecuador, the Philippines, Guatemala, and South Africa. NCID's research staff hold PhDs from leading institutions including LSE, UCL, Rice University, UC Berkeley, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Chicago, and the center maintains an international advisory committee spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

NCID operates as a grant-funded non-profit, with no commercial revenue model or pricing structure. Its funding is sourced from academic partnerships (University of Pennsylvania, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Institute for Fiscal Studies, CINDERE), private foundations (Fundación Ramón Areces, Atlantic Council's Freedom and Prosperity Center), and public agencies (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, European Commission, 3ie). The center's primary audiences are governments, multilateral institutions, and academic researchers working on development policy in Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Name

Navarra Center for International Development (NCID)

Legal name

Navarra Center for International Development

Website

https://ncid.unav.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Navarra Center for International Development (NCID) is a non-profit academic research center at the University of Navarra in Spain, conducting evidence-based research on extreme poverty and development economics using applied econometrics. It serves governments, multilaterals, and academic audiences across Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia.

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Academic Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) & Mental Health Programs (BPADAIAK)

Keywords

• Development economics research
• Academic research center
• Policy recommendations
• Poverty alleviation
• Econometric analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Pamplona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NCID is an interdisciplinary academic research center at the University of Navarra that conducts evidence-based research on development economics to recommend policies for alleviating extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. It produces working papers, occasional papers, country reports, and book reviews, and organizes workshops covering conflict, governance, education, democracy, urban planning, and institutional development.

Product overview

NCID is a research center at the University of Navarra that offers a portfolio of research publications and academic activities focused on international development. The center produces Working Papers, Occasional Papers, Country Reports, and Book Reviews as its core research outputs. It also organizes Research Workshops and conducts collaborative Research Projects on development economics topics including conflict, governance, education, democracy, urban planning, institutional building, and environmental policy.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Working Papers

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and notable.

• University of PennsylvaniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022NCID co-hosts the 'Empowering Africa Workshop' with UPenn, bringing together international research economists to discuss how academic research guides economic policy and supports Ph.D. application preparation for African undergraduate students.
• Federal Reserve Bank of PhiladelphiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022NCID partners with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia for the Empowering Africa Workshop, focusing on research in economics and policy guidance for African development.
• Fundación Ramón ArecescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Ramón Areces provides financing for multiple NCID research projects and co-organizes workshops including the 8th NCID Research Workshop on Development Economics held in Madrid.
• Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFS collaborates with NCID on multiple research projects including evaluation of conditional cash transfer modalities and community sanitation studies, with NCID researchers serving as research associates.
• CINDERE (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCINDERE collaborated with NCID in evaluating Guatemalan government ministries, working alongside Fundesa and Ipnusac think tanks, assessing 14 ministries and vice-presidencies based on accountability, program management, pandemic response, and spending quality criteria.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NOVAFRICA: Research center at Nova SBE focused on business and economic development in Africa. Shares a development economics research focus and links to NCID's Pedro Vicente (Founding Scientific Director of Nova Africa).
• BREAD (Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development): Academic network supporting development economics research. Comparable to NCID in research focus (poverty, governance, education in developing countries) and affiliation with top-tier PhD economists.
• UNU-WIDER (United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research): UN-affiliated research institute conducting development economics research and policy analysis. Comparable to NCID in scope (poverty, inequality, development) and academic-publishing model.
• J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab): Global network of academics conducting randomized and quasi-experimental evaluations on poverty alleviation. Directly comparable to NCID's evidence-based development economics research methodology and policy-advisory mission.
• CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research): International network of academic economists producing policy-oriented research. Comparable to NCID in publishing working papers, organizing workshops, and engaging policymakers with rigorous economic analysis.
• Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS): UK-based microeconomics and public policy research institute. NCID has a documented collaboration with IFS, and both share a model of academic research with strong policy-evaluation focus.
• IZA (Institute of Labor Economics): Research network focused on labor economics and policy evaluation. Comparable to NCID in working paper publication model, researcher network, and use of econometric methods for causal inference.

Broad incumbents

• IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute): Large international research institute focused on food security, agriculture, and development economics. Comparable in development economics focus and global policy advisory role, though significantly larger and more established.
• Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA): Large research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty. Comparable to NCID in evidence-based development research approach, though with a larger operational footprint and field office network.
• Centre for Global Development (CGD): Think tank producing research on global development and policy. Comparable mission to NCID's policy recommendations for poverty alleviation, though with a larger, more established operational footprint.

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Key risks6 records

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Profiles23 records

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