Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted

Remittances can lower inequality and may help mitigate some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest

Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development

Scaling up early childhood intervention programmes even when resources are constrained can mitigate child poverty

Subsidies see a greater take up of mechanised latrine desludging than mental accounting nudges for better public health

The risk of irreversible change raises the value of maintaining the Amazon forest cover and leads to coordination problems among Amazon countries

Even in a highly controlled environment such as China, media bias is affected by competition and a trade-off between political and economic goals

The expansion of transport networks in the 19th century substantially impacted the subsequent economic growth and population distribution in the city

Analysing night-light intensity provides a complementary, alternative analysis of the intensity of economic activity in areas around urban markets