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

Why has the success of Mexico’s poverty reduction programme not been matched by similar programmes in other countries?

Affirmative action in local Indian politics increased graduation rates for girls and reduced the aspiration gap between boys and girls

Judicial reforms funded by foreign agencies increase firm productivity, but only in specific sectors where contract enforcement is more important