How football can help build a nation Even in the presence of deeply rooted divisions, shared experiences can be an effective nation-building tool and have a tangible effect on violence Institutions & Political Economy Filipe Campante Emilio Depetris-Chauvin Ruben Durante Published 24.08.18
China’s One Child Policy and crime China’s One Child Policy has profoundly affected demographic trends, the labour market, and savings behaviour in China. Is it also increasing crime? Institutions & Political Economy Lisa Cameron Xin Meng Dandan Zhang Published 20.08.18
Is aid effective? In political environments with limited data, how can we ensure that aid has impact? Institutions & Political Economy Stefan Dercon Published 15.08.18
Growing out of corruption Economic growth can reduce corruption. A Vietnamese study shows that when employment in an industry doubled, bribery fell by 1.6 percentage points Institutions & Political Economy Jie Bai Seema Jayachandran Edmund Malesky Benjamin Olken Published 23.07.18
Countering the mining curse Mineral-rich countries often do not prosper economically due to increased local conflict associated with foreign ownership of mines Institutions & Political Economy Nicolas Berman Mathieu Couttenier Dominic Rohner Mathias Thoenig Published 20.07.18
Achieving meaningful impact through aid Collaborating with local partners and responding to country needs are essential for aid to be effective Institutions & Political Economy Rachel Glennerster Published 18.07.18
The welfare cost of political connections: Evidence from Brazilian matching grants Connected cities request and receive 15% more funds from the national government. Yet the welfare loss from this may be only 0.24% of the budget. Institutions & Political Economy Michel Azulai Published 09.07.18
Evidence to practice: Context-based data collection Robin Burgess, director of the IGC, talks about the importance of careful data collection and the structure of civil service.* Institutions & Political Economy Robin Burgess Published 03.06.18
Evidence to practice: Being open minded and adapting evidence fragments Stefan Dercon, former Chief Economist at DFID, on the importance of being receptive to new ideas and how to use bits of evidence to inform a decision.* Institutions & Political Economy Stefan Dercon Published 03.06.18
