This week we featured research on trapped workers, better managers, building roads and more!

This week we featured research on Indian farms, Chinese universities, Brazilian inequality and more!

Around the world, governments are under pressure to improve learning outcomes. There is now an unprecedented wealth of research, yet this rarely reaches the people making decisions. The sector needs to shift from producing evidence for governments to generating it with them. True progress lies not only in discovering what works, but in building systems that learn, adapt, and implement at scale.

The data ecosystem is flawed. Fixing it requires hard work to overcome many barriers. Data Basis has done exactly that to build a public good that puts data in people’s hands.

This week we featured research on climate-conflict poverty traps, transport infrastructure and more!

This week we featured research on solar panels in Vietnam, food security, son preference in India, public vs private transit and more!

This week we featured research on debt, inequality, conflict, government and more!

This week we featured research on trade, corruption, migration, R&D and more!

This week we featured research on taxes, workers, migration, entrepreneurs and more!

The World Bank’s Digital Connectivity Tracker reveals that while mobile phone and internet access are expanding rapidly across developing economies, significant inequalities persist – especially for women, low-income, and rural populations – making smartphone ownership a key determinant of digital inclusion.