A community-led intervention in Northern Nigeria significantly reduced rates of child marriage in adolescent girls by changing entrenched, normative behaviour

Chinese development projects have increased popular support for the Chinese government in the Global South

Some families delay or abstain from cutting their daughters during a drought, but the opposite can happen too–it depends on local traditions

Can delegation to technocrats or inclusive decision making improve local development outcomes in Sierra Leone?

Key takeaways from research on political economy and development, and some important questions which remain unanswered

What do we know about the impacts of decentralised governance in developing countries?

A radio campaign highlighting the costs of vote buying drew close to 3 million votes away from vote-buying parties

Oil multinationals in Nigeria divesting their onshore assets to local firms resulted in substantial improvements in output and declines in oil theft and violence, driven by politically connected firms