Center for Development Economics
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The Center for Development Economics is a graduate program at Williams College focused on training economists and policymakers to address economic development challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Center for Development Economics canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748675 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Center for Development Economics Context triple: [Williams College, hasGraduateProgram, Center for Development Economics]
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A.
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is a Harvard research center that investigates global population health, demographic change, and social determinants of health to inform policy and improve well-being worldwide.
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B.
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning is a specialized training and research institution that builds economic management and development planning capacity for African countries under the auspices of the United Nations.
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C.
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center that conducts randomized evaluations to inform and promote evidence-based policies aimed at reducing poverty.
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D.
Global Development and Population Program
The Global Development and Population Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that supports evidence-based policies and organizations working to reduce poverty, improve governance, and advance reproductive health and rights worldwide.
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E.
Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
The Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics is a leading academic research and education center focused on real estate markets, urban economics, and related public policy, based at the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Center for Development Economics Target entity description: The Center for Development Economics is a graduate program at Williams College focused on training economists and policymakers to address economic development challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
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A.
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is a Harvard research center that investigates global population health, demographic change, and social determinants of health to inform policy and improve well-being worldwide.
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B.
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning is a specialized training and research institution that builds economic management and development planning capacity for African countries under the auspices of the United Nations.
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C.
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center that conducts randomized evaluations to inform and promote evidence-based policies aimed at reducing poverty.
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D.
Global Development and Population Program
The Global Development and Population Program is a Hewlett Foundation initiative that supports evidence-based policies and organizations working to reduce poverty, improve governance, and advance reproductive health and rights worldwide.
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E.
Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics
The Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics is a leading academic research and education center focused on real estate markets, urban economics, and related public policy, based at the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic program
ⓘ
economics program ⓘ graduate program ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Williams College ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| educationalLevel | graduate ⓘ |
| emphasis |
applied economics
ⓘ
policy-oriented training ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | development economics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic development
ⓘ
low-income countries ⓘ middle-income countries ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
economics
ⓘ
public policy ⓘ |
| hasProgramType | one-year graduate program ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Williams College campus
ⓘ
linked to:
Williams College
|
| locatedIn | Williamstown, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mission | to address economic development challenges in low- and middle-income countries ⓘ |
| offersDegreeIn | development economics ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Williams College Department of Economics ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
early-career economists
ⓘ
government officials ⓘ policy practitioners ⓘ |
| regionServed |
developing countries
ⓘ
global South ⓘ |
| sector | higher education ⓘ |
| trains |
economists
ⓘ
policymakers ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitutionalUnit | center ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Center for Development Economics Description of subject: The Center for Development Economics is a graduate program at Williams College focused on training economists and policymakers to address economic development challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.