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What does the decrease in child mortality really mean?

A decline in child mortality in America led to substantial changes in women’s choices and behaviour

Health

Sonia Bhalotra

Published

14.11.19

Reducing fertility in sub-Saharan Africa

Why do we still see very high fertility rates in Zambia when women want to have fewer children and are open to the use of contraceptives?

Health

Alessandra Voena

Published

30.10.19

Randomised control trials: Lessons for policy

What are randomised control trials, and what is the best way to use them to inform policy decisions?

Methods & Measurement

Esther Duflo

Published

14.10.19

Can managers boost development?

Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity?

Firms

John Van Reenen

Published

25.09.19

Job security or flexibility?

A study in urban India reveals that workers would be willing to reduce their wages for greater job security while also incorporating flexibility

Labour Markets

Swati Dhingra

Published

18.09.19

Industrial policies in production networks

The industrial sectors a government chooses to support are critical to development by inducing ripple effects on production networks at large

Firms

Ernest Liu

Published

04.09.19

Does technology hinder development?

Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities

Technology & Innovation

Dani Rodrik

Published

21.08.19

Is poverty self-perpetuating?

A cash transfer experiment in Bangladesh targeting the ultra-poor reveals that complementary assets are key in escaping poverty

Macroeconomics & Growth

Maitreesh Ghatak

Published

07.08.19

What happens when a better-educated generation gets involved in local politics?

How an education reform in Indonesia resulted in better public service delivery

Health

Monica Martinez-Bravo

Published

24.07.19

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What does the decrease in child mortality really mean?

Reducing fertility in sub-Saharan Africa

Randomised control trials: Lessons for policy

Can managers boost development?

Job security or flexibility?

Industrial policies in production networks

Does technology hinder development?

Is poverty self-perpetuating?

What happens when a better-educated generation gets involved in local politics?