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Electronic waste is a silent killer in West Africa
Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria shows that e-waste dumping is causing a health crisis, claiming the lives of newborns and infants living nearby.
How Peru transformed natural resource wealth into local economic development
Peru’s experience, where transfers to local governments were funded by natural resource tax revenues and had a host of economic benefits in non-extractive areas, highlights the importance of fiscal redistribution in taking advantage of natural resour...
What have we learned about microfinance?
Evidence from a range of contexts has shown that while microfinance does not have transformative impacts on lifting people out of poverty, it can greatly benefit specific borrowers such as experienced entrepreneurs.
Land Transport Infrastructure
What are the policy implications from research on interregional transportation and intracity transportation in developing countries?
