A recent analysis highlights the promising impacts of television-based teaching, an area ripe with opportunities for future research

From infrastructure to institutional development, the histories of the world’s largest cities provide key lessons for those in developing economies

Financial literacy training increases short-term knowledge and savings, but does not determine long-term financial success

Less frequent enforcement of regulations on illegal fish sales makes it more difficult for vendors to find loopholes and increases overall compliance

Chad Bown discusses what happened during the US-China trade war, when, what it meant - and what happens next

Rising violence in Mexico City led workers, especially women, to reduce hours and leave the labour force

Integrated school-based interventions to advance gender equality can achieve lasting changes in regressive attitudes and behaviours

The 2003 introduction of stricter gun controls led to a significant reduction in gun-related homicides and other crimes

Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict