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Childcare and development
The benefits of early childcare are well-known. Orazio Attanasio looks at the different mechanisms to effectively deliver childcare at scale.
Land rights and agricultural efficiency
Legal protection for agricultural land leasing contracts facilitates productivity-enhancing trades and increases agricultural efficiency
Central banks to the rescue
Could central banks co-investing in private companies hold a possible solution to many developing government budgetary issues?
Changing population distribution: The roles of nature and history
The dynamic interplay of geography, technology, economic growth, and history has changed the way population is distributed
Protecting insecure farmers
Lorenzo Casaburi on how timing is crucial for increasing crop insurance adoption among smallholder farmers. Pay-at-harvest premiums could be a solution.
The impact of the Green Revolution on structural change
The introduction of high-yield crop varieties led to greater entrenchment in the agricultural sector, while reducing urban and industrial growth
Tourism and economic development: Evidence from Mexico's coastline
Tourism leads to long-run economic gains locally and in the aggregate. The local gains are in part driven by positive spillovers on manufacturing.
Grease in the Wheel: Corruption and firms
Emanuele Colonnelli investigates how randomised audits on government procurement contracts in Brazil affect the real economy and firm behaviour.
Upgrading outputs means upgrading inputs
Success when exporting to richer countries requires upgrading the quality of products, but also of inputs
International migration's long-term impact: Evidence from a lottery
Outcomes for migration lottery winners suggest the economic payoff to moving to a richer country comes immediately and persists for at least a decade
