Rural insurance networks in India incentivise adult males to remain in villages, contributing to the country’s low rural-to-urban migration rates

Congestion pricing is not as effective in reducing travel times as one might presume

Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.

Slum tenants face higher rents and lower investments when their landlord and chief share ethnicity, while gaining when their chief is a co-ethnic

The primary cause of incomplete infrastructure projects in Ghana is poor financial planning. This video documents the evolution of this study.

Investments in bus rapid transit systems can lead to large returns that benefit the high-skilled more than we might expect

Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.

How does the clearance of land mines impact economic activity in Mozambique? Elias Papaioannou sheds some insight using geographical and micro-level...

Jitendra Bajpai of Columbia University outlines the three major accessibility problems facing cities in developing countries and policy ideas for how...