institutions

National air and water quality benefit from strong financial, judicial, and labour market institutions, through comparative advantage. Improving national institutions attracts clean industries but reshuffles dirty production to other countries.

A growing body of research uses experimental methods to study institutional quality and change, offering important policy implications.

Local elections in Nigeria may improve representation at the local level, contributing to a more peaceful resolution of contests for resources

It is only democracies that perform well on the dimensions that the public cares about – economic growth, control of corruption, peace and political stability and public good provision – that build support for democratic institutions

How does rebel governance affect long-term development?

Evidence from 25 years of data shows countries form persistent ‘development clusters’ according to their levels of internal peace and state capacity

Medical missions in colonial India continue to have a lasting impact on the health outcomes of individuals born long after Indian independence

Ed Glaeser outlines key urban policy challenges in developing countries and the research needed to address them

Demining in Mozambique had a significant impact on the economy due to large positive spillovers