Rising crop prices usually quiet conflict, as labourers choose farming over fighting. In Myanmar, rising rice prices instead fuelled state-led violence against civilians. Our findings challenge narratives that frame such atrocities as a reaction to i...

Although machine learning models using mobile phone data can make poverty targeting faster and more cost-effective, traditional survey-based methods remain more accurate. The optimal approach therefore depends on striking the right balance between co...

Internal migration of agricultural workers in India leads to a downsizing of farms near cities and an expansion in remote areas, prompting a spatial reorganisation of agriculture whereby remote, non-migrant households adopt more technology and expand...

How does encouraging rural-urban migration in the developing world impact welfare?

International migration can be transformative for low-skilled workers and their families, and governments can play important roles to ease the visa intermediation process, lower upfront costs, and ensure safer migration

Productivity losses from pollution through the indirect migration channel are approximately as much as the direct health costs of pollution

Less frequent enforcement of regulations on illegal fish sales makes it more difficult for vendors to find loopholes and increases overall compliance

Can policymakers speed up the adoption of modern agricultural technologies through peer-to-peer learning?

As a programme scales, it is important to check that RCT results are replicable and that general equilibrium effects are considered