• A grand prize of $5,000
• Runner-up prizes of $1,000

Authors of the best essays (finalists) will be invited to participate in the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) in Cape Town, South Africa.

The jury reserves the right to modify the allocation depending on the number of winning essays.


FINALISTS AND WINNERS OF THE ESSAY COMPETITION 2008 ARE:

Pal Saptarshi, India (winner of the first prize)
Mengting Wang, China (winner of the second prize)
Maria Angelica Rodriguez, Colombia (winner of the third prize)
Ashis Himali, Nepal
Hermann Hokou, Ivory Coast
Sara Abreu Machado, Brazil
Katarina Marsha Nugroho, Indonesia
Jonah Obajeun, Nigeria

Read the finalists' and winners' essays