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Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture
Index insurance can help smallholder farmers take on more productive risks, but its impacts remain modest, uncertain, and highly context dependent.
Climate adaptation in Argentina: Short-term instability, long-term risk
Argentina’s volatile macroeconomic and political environment – marked by inflation, debt crises, and policy instability – makes it difficult to commit to the long-term investments needed for climate adaptation, despite the country’s high vulnerabilit...
Why don’t farmers grow more profitable crops?
Agricultural productivity in developing countries remains low and uneven, with high-return crops offering significant potential gains but limited adoption due to clustered social networks that restrict the diffusion of new technologies.
What have we learned about women in the workforce?
As women’s labour force participation remains stalled globally, unlocking its benefits for empowerment and growth requires context-specific, multi-pronged policies – addressing childcare, safety, social norms, and workplace equality together.
