Lakshmi Iyer is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Her primary research fields are development economics and political economy, with a special emphasis on property rights and the distribution of political power within societies. Her research has examined many dimensions of the distribution of political power within emerging market countries, including the legacy of colonial rule, the division of authority between politicians and bureaucrats, and the determinants of conflict. She is currently working on several projects related to the determinants and consequences of women’s political participation. At Notre Dame, Lakshmi Iyer teaches an undergraduate course on “Political Economy of Development.” Lakshmi's Website Keough School of Global Affairs International Development Studies Minor Papers and resources mentioned in the episode Blattman (2020) Banerjee and Iyer (2013) Nunn (2008) BRAC Music sampled from Ludacris re-mixed by Jhonny Charles - Growing Pains