methodology

When official statistics are unavailable or unreliable, researchers can use a range of forensic methods – such as satellite imagery, mirror trade data, price monitoring, refugee surveys, humanitarian data, and text mining – to extract credible econom...

Why have Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics? And what does this mean for development economics?

Incentivising accuracy in peer evaluations of microentrepreneurs can support the allocation of capital to those with the greatest likelihood of growth

How does scaling up randomised controlled trials make them more effective?