Concessions granted to private companies to extract natural resources still have negative effects on present-day development in the DRC

People are less likely to ask questions in their communities if it exposes the limits of their knowledge.

Increases in local mineral wealth raise both the likelihood of criminally charged politicians entering office and asset accumulation among incumbents

NGOs compete for donor attention and funding; this can influence what they choose to focus on and lead to clustering around more attractive projects.

Unless you have both relatively equal gender laws and decent rule of law, female entrepreneurship is very low

Policy delivery agents perform better when working with members of their own social groups thereby affecting the efficiency of policy interventions

China uses state-owned enterprises to promote social stability by employing high-risk groups when unrest threats emerge

Financial counterterrorism is under attack for being costly and ineffective, but a new study shows it can reduce terrorist attack casualties

Government use of prison labour can distort incentives for incarceration and have lasting negative effects on trust in legal institutions like police