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Weather forecasts in low-income countries are about 20 years behind those in high-income countries, worsening economic losses and increasing vulnerability to climate-related risks.

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

Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted

Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas

There is a lively debate about the role of inequality as a trigger of ethnic conflicts. This column reports groundbreaking research into the effect of the amount of regional rainfall on crops, which is used to measure inequality between ethnic groups...