Fading choice: Access to manufactured goods in remote Ethiopia Transport costs, income, and market size affect variety and prices in villages. Infrastructure investment is thus key to consumer welfare. Infrastructure Jan Willem Gunning Pramila Krishnan Andualem T Mengistu Peng Zhang Published 20.01.20
Understanding why states are (in)effective: Targeting reforms and tailoring policy design Evidence from Russia shows that through appropriate policy design, policymakers can overcome existing capacity challenges within bureaucracies Institutions & Political Economy Michael Best Jonas Hjort David Szakonyi Published 17.01.20
China’s 2009 VAT reform and lumpy investment behaviour Tax policies that reduce firm inaction are more effective at stimulating investment than policies that simply lower the cost of investment Firms Zhao Chen Xian Jiang Zhikuo Liu Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato Daniel Yi Xu Published 13.01.20
Uptake of family planning services in Tanzania: The role of the husband Why do we still see low use of contraceptives in Tanzania? The answer might be found within the household Health Ben D'Exelle Charlotte Ringdal Published 10.01.20
The politics of order in informal markets: Evidence from Lagos In the absence of the threat of state interference, leaders of private trader associations may extort from their own traders Firms Shelby Grossman Published 06.01.20
Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet? New studies measure how many people cannot afford a healthy diet, establishing a useful benchmark for understanding global food systems and poverty Health William Masters Yan Bai Derek Headey Kalle Hirvonen Published 13.12.19
The power of biometric identification for development The technology can reduce leakages in programmes, increase access to public programmes and market services, and improve the delivery of healthcare Technology & Innovation Thomas Bossuroy Clara Delavallade Vincent Pons Vestal McIntyre Published 09.12.19
Skills and personality matter, but how do we capture them? Data from developing country settings highlight the risk of misinterpreting non-cognitive skills and personality using existing measures Methods & Measurement Rachid Laajaj Karen Macours Published 06.12.19
The return to protectionism The aggregate annual loss to US consumers from higher import prices as a result of the trade war with China could be as much as $68.8 billion Trade Pablo Fajgelbaum Pinelopi Goldberg Patrick Kennedy Amit Khandelwal Published 02.12.19
