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China’s 2009 VAT reform and lumpy investment behaviour
Tax policies that reduce firm inaction are more effective at stimulating investment than policies that simply lower the cost of investment
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Uptake of family planning services in Tanzania: The role of the husband
Why do we still see low use of contraceptives in Tanzania? The answer might be found within the household
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The politics of order in informal markets: Evidence from Lagos
In the absence of the threat of state interference, leaders of private trader associations may extort from their own traders
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What a year! From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Tavneet Suri looks at VoxDev and broader development highlights of 2019
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Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet?
New studies measure how many people cannot afford a healthy diet, establishing a useful benchmark for understanding global food systems and poverty
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The power of biometric identification for development
The technology can reduce leakages in programmes, increase access to public programmes and market services, and improve the delivery of healthcare
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Skills and personality matter, but how do we capture them?
Data from developing country settings highlight the risk of misinterpreting non-cognitive skills and personality using existing measures
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The return to protectionism
The aggregate annual loss to US consumers from higher import prices as a result of the trade war with China could be as much as $68.8 billion
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‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta
Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion