GDAE will award its 2016 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought to Diane Elson and Amit Bhaduri. This year's award recognizes the contributions that these researchers have made to economic understandings of development, power, gender, and human rights.

As part of the ceremony, awardees will lecture on the theme "Development and Equity." A reception at 5:30 will follow the ceremony. This event is free and open to the public.