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Regime stability and the persistence of traditional practices
Regime stability can affect the persistence or removal of harmful practices among different traditions, including FGM and child marriage
Scabs: The social suppression of labour supply
Social norms help sustain wage floors with workers taking jobs at wage cuts in private, but rejecting them in public due to fear of sanctions
Lessons from Mexico’s poverty reduction programme
Why has the success of Mexico’s poverty reduction programme not been matched by similar programmes in other countries?
Should low-income countries open up to foreign capital? The India experiment
Better access to foreign capital reduces misallocation and stimulates growth, with the highest gains where local capital markets are least developed
Temporary agricultural input subsidies have lasting impacts: The Mozambique experiment
Subsidies need not be permanent to benefit farmers. Well-designed policy that encourages experimentation can generate widespread and lasting impacts.
What does the 2019 Nobel mean for development economics?
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?
Multinational enforcement of labour laws: Evidence from Bangladesh
Can multinational buyers provide their suppliers in developing countries with incentives to comply with local labour laws?
Randomised control trials: Limits and broader application
Despite limitations, the use of randomised control trials has led to a paradigm shift in development policy evaluation
Pathways to profits: Can entrepreneurship training really work for small businesses?
Evidence from South Africa shows that both marketing and financial entrepreneurship training can help small businesses boost profits
Reducing fertility in sub-Saharan Africa
Why do we still see very high fertility rates in Zambia when women want to have fewer children and are open to the use of contraceptives?
