development

Global development leaders examine how priorities and funding must evolve to create new partnerships that drive transparency, accountability, and impact.

In Colombia, municipalities subjected to the Spanish encomienda – a colonial system of forced indigenous labour – are wealthier and better governed today, in spite of the extractive institution imposed on them.

New evidence from colonial history is challenging the consensus that extractive institutions always harm long-run development, showing that outcomes depend on whether extraction left behind durable public infrastructure and state capacity.

Despite extensive investment in development initiatives aimed at building state legitimacy and countering insurgencies, evidence from Afghanistan suggests that such programmes can reduce violence when insurgencies are locally driven but may misalloca...

What was the role of state capacity in the economic development of the US?

How can development economics respond to the challenges of the 21st century?

Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth

Proximity to the Inca Road improved subsequent educational, development and labour outcomes, in particular for women.

Centralised procurement by the public sector leads to lower drug prices, but the price reduction is smaller when the supply side is more concentrated