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Alleviating poverty with experimental research: The 2019 Nobel laureates
The Nobel nomination’s emphasis on the practical applications of Banerjee’s, Duflo’s and Kremer’s methods represents a monumental and welcome change
Empowering women through direct digital wage payments
Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms
Changing beliefs about education: Evidence from rural India
Beyond simply telling them or showing evidence, how can we make children in developing countries believe that education has value?
Female empowerment and the Egyptian Arab Spring
Women’s exposure and participation in the Arab Spring improved their say in household decisions and reduced tolerance of domestic violence and FGM
When does politics work for development?
Political interference in the bureaucracy is generally viewed with suspicion. However, in India bureaucrats implement MNREGA much better in places where politicians are able to claim credit for improvements.
What does the decrease in child mortality really mean?
A decline in child mortality in America led to substantial changes in women’s choices and behaviour
India’s National Education Policy: A need to look beyond the classroom to improve results
India should consider how government policies have both intended and unintended consequences for education, as they impact incentives to attend school
Uncongested mobility in urban India
Variation in transportation performance is driven by uncongested mobility due to everyday road obstructions, not conventional traffic congestion
RCTs in the long run
RCTs have revolutionised development policy, but do the interventions that work in the short run have a benefit 10 or 20 years later?
Does population growth cause conflict?
Population surges tend to cause conflict and competition for resources if unaccompanied by productivity growth and unmediated by strong institutions
