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Teaching teachers to teach: Lessons from a large-scale coaching programme in rural Peru
Every year, developing countries spend considerable resources on training teachers—yet these efforts often prove unfruitful. New research from a large-scale, pedagogy-focused teacher coaching programme in rural Peru offers promising results for achie...
Heat hurts teamwork before it slows individuals
Mild heat exposure does not reduce individual computer programmer productivity but significantly impairs team performance, especially in more diverse teams, raising concerns about climate change impacts on modern collaborative work.
AI hiring tools exhibit complex gender and racial biases
As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in talent recruitment, employers must seriously consider the biases these models may introduce in hiring decisions. A study of five leading large language models reveals that intersectionality, rigo...
When progress divides: Are multinational enterprises fuelling conflict in Africa?
New evidence using geo-referenced data across the African continent suggests that the arrival of multinational enterprises can fuel local conflicts.
Improving sanitation: What works and what doesn’t
Approximately one billion people worldwide lack access to proper sanitation. How does this impede development, and what investments are necessary to bridge this gap?
