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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.
Productivity and energy-saving technology
Factories using energy-efficient lighting reduce ambient temperature on the factory floor by 2.5 degrees Celsius, causing a massive improvement in output per worker
The backlash against globalisation
John Van Reenen explains how the backlash in globalisation risks damaging global value chains and the jobs that rely on them
Globalisation and development
David Atkin, of MIT, discusses what the withdrawal from globalisation will mean for developing countries.
If she builds it, they won’t come: The gender profit gap
Lack of demand for goods produced by female-owned firms, and not differences in prices or input costs, causes the gender profit gap.
Effecting change in fragile states
With decades of experience working with international donors, Alex Thier lists three key lessons to effect change and build capacity in fragile states.
What is holding firms back?
Chris Woodruff explains why improving management practices is critical for the growth of the private sector in developing countries.
Building effective and functioning cities
Ed Glaeser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.
Building a functional state in difficult places
Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments.
