A programme introducing e-commerce into Chinese villages led to sizable gains among certain, but not all, rural households

Colonial medical campaigns in Central Africa have had lasting impacts, worsening health outcomes and lowering World Bank health project success today

In days of massive protests in Chile, students skipped school to protest only when a critical mass of students they knew also skipped school

Instead of censoring or banning social media, the Chinese government uses it to surveil protests, monitor local officials, and disseminate propaganda

Evidence from Nigeria suggests that TV shows can promote safer sexual practices mainly through learning, rather than social conformity

Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China

If technology-induced job losses are rapid, and affect a large part of the workforce, the risk of unrest can quickly become serious

Evidence shows that satellite data is a useful tool for tracking improvements in infrastructure access and service delivery in rural areas

Evidence from Senegal shows that the length of legal pre-trials can be reduced whilst not impacting quality of decisions