World Bank

Sharing research evidence with senior rather than junior staff significantly raises the chance it spreads through an organisation, but shifting peer beliefs about the evidence has no clear effect.

Insights and lessons from a career of putting research into practice

Ease of implementation might be a significant factor behind the flow of aid to richer parts of countries

An experiment shows that public servants make errors when interpreting data, incorrectly concluding that it aligns with their ideological preferences

Kaushik Basu discusses global development issues, including the World Bank’s changing mission and its engagement with the world

A revision of our recent views of the global economic geography, and a rethinking of empirical analysis based on the earlier data, may be in order