Among the lines of research of the Development Economic Program stand out:

• Economic History:
  1) Political Economy, Capitalist Development and Economic History;
  2) History of Economy Thought and Methodology;
  3) Imperialism and Dependence.
  
  
• Social and Labor Economics:
  1) Development, Labor Regulation and Trade Unionism;
  2) Development and Public Policies;
  3). Development, Work and Social Structure.
  
  
• Regional and Urban Economy:
  1) Regional and Urban Economy in Peripheral Economies;
  2) Policies for Regional Development and Urban Planning in Peripheral Economies.
  
  
• Applied, Agricultural and Environmental Economics:
  1) Agricultural Economy, Ecological Economy and Public Policies;
  2) Economic Demography and Business Economics;
  3) Applied Economics and Quantitative Methods;
  4) Economy of Innovation and Technological Change.
  
  
• Comparative Development Patterns:
  1) Comparative Development Patterns;
  2) Macroeconomics, International Economics and Development;
  3) Innovation, Industrial Policy and Structural Change.