SCORE Strand 3 White Paper on Religions and Economic Development
Sriya Iyer,
Kishen Shastry,
Ksenija Iljina,
Mikkel Wiemann,
Celia Powell
July 2026
Abstract
An interdisciplinary assessment of research on how religious beliefs, institutions, networks and practices interact with economic and human development, identifying gaps in the evidence and setting out an agenda for future international research.
Publication
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics No. 2645
Economist | PhD, University of Cambridge
Economist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, working on development economics, the economics of religion and informal institutions, and digital technologies and platforms.