Building effective and functioning cities
Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.
Migration & Urbanisation
Edward Glaeser
Published
17.04.18

Barriers to growth
Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, discusses the key barriers to growth and how to overcome them.
Macroeconomics & Growth
Tony Addison
Published
10.04.18

Building a functional state in difficult places
Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments.
Institutions & Political Economy
Eliana La Ferrara
Published
04.04.18

The global energy challenge
What are 3 key energy challenges the world faces? How can they be overcome?
Energy & Environment
Michael Greenstone
Published
27.03.18

Can farmers weather climate change?
Jonathan Colmer explores the effect increasing temperatures have on farmers and the occupational structure in India.
Agriculture
Jonathan Colmer
Published
21.03.18

The economics of clearing land mines
How does the clearance of land mines impact economic activity in Mozambique? Elias Papaioannou sheds some insight using geographical and micro-level economic data.
Infrastructure
Elias Papaioannou
Published
16.03.18

Productivity and energy-saving technology
Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker
Energy & Environment
Anant Nyshadham
Published
09.03.18

What is holding firms back?
Chris Woodruff explains why improving management practices is critical for the growth of the private sector in developing countries.
Firms
Christopher Woodruff
Published
01.03.18

If she builds it, they won’t come: The gender profit gap
Lack of demand for goods produced by female-owned firms, and not differences in prices or input costs, causes the gender profit gap.
Firms
Morgan Hardy
Published
20.02.18