cross-country

New data from 99 developing countries challenges conventional wisdom in development policy. People whose labour has higher returns at home are more likely to migrate.

Income differences between high- and low-income countries reflect differences in technology adoption and skill endowments. Ensuring the right worker finds the right job - improving worker-job matching – can play an important role in realising the gains of technology and endowment upgrading.

Low agricultural productivity in developing countries is not destiny, as there is remarkable potential for raising crop yields given their land quality

Residents of poor countries are not only ‘consumption poor’, they are also ‘leisure poor’