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Korea’s promotion of heavy and chemical industries would have been more successful if it had not come with a rise in concentration and misallocation

Published 25.10.21

An increase in risk can reduce the probability of a child attending school by 4–5%

Published 18.10.21

Quasi-experimental evidence from Mexico shows that pre-financed, rules-based disaster response can considerably reduce mortality after disasters

Published 11.10.21

Wage policies that account for teacher preferences can achieve a more effective and equitable geographic allocation of teachers

Published 04.10.21

Estimates indicate that current land-use patterns would inefficiently release 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the rainforest

Published 27.09.21

Encouraging the poor to set higher savings aspirations may backfire if they fall short of these goals, leading to less economic investment

Published 20.09.21

While their location in the payment chain gives payment fintechs a debt-enforcement advantage, borrower behaviour can limit their success

Published 13.09.21

A high-quality intensive family planning radio campaign increased contraception uptake by 20%

Published 10.09.21

Investments in agricultural technology have substantially improved living standards in the poorest places on our planet over the past half century

Published 06.09.21