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A model of trade and agriculture applied to Sri Lanka’s 2021 chemical fertiliser import ban shows how costly fertiliser shortages can be. However, the model also shows why local field-experiment estimates of fertiliser’s effect on crop yield can exag...

How has the destruction of digital infrastructure exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Sudan?

How does rebel governance affect long-term development?

Multilateral pacification policies can be effective in resolving civil wars, but arms embargoes can fail if targeted militias increase their activity

In this video, Debraj Ray and Joan Esteban discuss the need to understand the drivers of conflicts to design the best institutions to cope with them