Can ‘white elephants’ kill? Evidence from infrastructure development in Peru Incomplete and abandoned sewerage projects can increase risks of early life mortality and impose significant public health costs on populations Infrastructure Antonella Bancalari Published 02.11.20
Land distribution and long-run development in the American frontier Policies 150 years ago that allowed large landlords to obtain thousands of square miles of land lowered investment and property values into the 21st century Macroeconomics & Growth Cory Smith Published 09.10.20
Can taxation stimulate political participation? Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo A property tax campaign in the city of Kananga increased tax compliance and stimulated citizen demand for inclusive and accountable government Public Economics Jonathan Weigel Published 04.09.20
Buy as you need: Nutrition and food storage imperfections in Burkina Faso Creating village-level cooperatives to buy grain from outside sources and sell it locally reduced nutritional stress, especially among the young Agriculture Jeremie Gross Catherine Guirkinger Jean-Philippe Platteau Published 04.05.20
Randomised control trials: Limits and broader application Despite limitations, the use of randomised control trials has led to a paradigm shift in development policy evaluation Methods & Measurement Maitreesh Ghatak Published 25.10.19
Can managers boost development? Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity? Firms John Van Reenen Published 25.09.19
The future of the World Bank: Why knowledge is power The World Bank is making a shift from a lending function to a knowledge function. This will amplify the role of researchers in its work. Macroeconomics & Growth Pinelopi Goldberg Published 11.09.19
Does technology hinder development? Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities Technology & Innovation Dani Rodrik Published 21.08.19
Is poverty self-perpetuating? A cash transfer experiment in Bangladesh targeting the ultra-poor reveals that complementary assets are key in escaping poverty Macroeconomics & Growth Maitreesh Ghatak Published 07.08.19
