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Africa as a success story: Political organisation in pre-colonial Africa
Theories from research in anthropology, history and African studies, combined with new data on independent political communities in pre-colonial Africa, provide an alternate view of the continent’s history. Africans succeeded in keeping the scale of ...
Is quality upgrading in agriculture a path to poverty reduction?
Under standard conditions in the Colombian coffee sector, the benefits of producing better coffee are not passed on to farmers, weakening their incentives to invest in higher-quality production. However, when a large international buyer required inte...
How new export opportunities created manufacturing jobs in Vietnam
Bilateral trade agreements create opportunities beyond signatories. The US-Vietnam trade agreement led to large, persistent increases in formal manufacturing employment in Vietnam through the entry and expansion of multinationals from East Asia.
Reducing air pollution: Can markets succeed where regulation fails?
A large-scale experiment in Gujarat shows that emissions trading markets can dramatically reduce air pollution, improve compliance, and lower costs in developing countries – proving that market-based environmental regulation can work effectively wher...
