Humanitarian aid and the costs of inaction
What will it take to improve global food security?
Health
Arif Husain
Published
21.02.24

AI, entrepreneurship and development
How can generative AI help entrepreneurs in developing countries?
Firms
Rembrand M. Koning
Published
14.02.24

Mobile money markets and financial inclusion in Africa
How did adopting platform "interoperability" - a policy that promotes transactions and competition across operators - impact mobile money users in Africa?
Finance
Nicola Limodio
Published
07.02.24

Macroeconomic development: An emerging agenda
How can macroeconomics (and macroeconomists) contribute to what we know about development policy? 
Macroeconomics & Growth
Paula Bustos Douglas Gollin
Published
31.01.24

State capacity and the development of the US
What was the role of state capacity in the economic development of the US?
Institutions & Political Economy
Nicola Mastrorocco
Published
24.01.24

Industrial policy for economic development
What have economists learnt about using industrial policy to promote economic development?
Macroeconomics & Growth
Dani Rodrik
Published
17.01.24

Place-based policies and development
How does place-based policy work, and what can it deliver?
Public Economics
Gordon Hanson
Published
10.01.24

Education markets and systems in low- and middle-income countries
What is the fairest and most efficient way to improve not just access to education, but outcomes too?
Education
Asim Ijaz Khwaja Emiliana Vegas
Published
03.01.24

How should economic researchers give policy advice?
Accounting for the constraints faced by policymakers and improving research capacity in low- and middle-income countries can increase the impact of economic research
Institutions & Political Economy
Stefan Dercon
Published
19.12.23