How can we best protect the most vulnerable in the developing world during the COVID-19 pandemic?

The relationship between intensity of reporting on violence and tourist spending suggests that a bad news bias can have serious economic consequences

Economic integration can help promote transition to democracy within the world’s more autocratic countries through trade with democratic partners

The age of marriage responds to economic conditions. Reducing child marriage requires understanding the economic role of culture and institutions

Evidence from India shows how both conflict and economic forces can cause people to realign their ethnic or religious identity

Should we select our community leaders through public discussion or secret ballot? Does it even matter which method we chose?

How research helped improve the effectiveness of Mexico’s judiciary system and influenced the country’s largest labour law reform in a century

Political interference in the bureaucracy is generally viewed with suspicion. However, in India bureaucrats implement MNREGA much better in places...

Women’s exposure and participation in the Arab Spring improved their say in household decisions and reduced tolerance of domestic violence and FGM