America’s False Imbalance Syndrome
US media often report that a particular policy is generally considered bad or unpopular, when in reality it seeks to achieve a reasonable trade-off between competing forces or goals.
Research
The Sounds of Development: Musical Representations as (An)other Source of Development Knowledge
The experience of development, as well as understandings of and responses to it, are uniquely rendered through popular culture generally, and popular music in particular.
How Much Have Childcare Challenges Slowed the US Jobs Market Recovery?
The US economy lost a net of 8 million jobs between February 2020 and April 2021.
Using Machine Learning to Demystify Startups’ Funding, Post-Money Valuation, and Success
This chapter develops a novel approach to predict post-money valuation of startups across various regions and sectors, as well as their probabilities of success.
The Role of the Diaspora in the Internationalization of the Colombian Economy
We studied the geography as well as the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of 1.7 million members of the global Colombian diaspora (34% of the total estimated Colombian diaspora) using cen
Will the Pandemic Spark a Religious Revival in the Muslim World?
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune.
The Social Life of Articles: Some Reflections on the Making and Impact of ‘Social Capital and Economic Development’
Our lives are remembered as an assemblage of overlapping stories – some of them prosaic and unremarkable, others more fraught, contingent and consequential – but most remain unfinished, punctuated onl
A Policy Matrix for Inclusive Prosperity
One of the biggest challenges that countries face today is the very unequal distributions of opportunities, resources, income and wealth across people.
Economic Complexity Report for Western Australia
The Government of Western Australia (WA), acting through its Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), invited the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development (CID)
What Three Economists Taught Us About Currency Regimes
Today, freely floating exchange rates suit most large countries better than the late economists Richard Cooper, Robert Mundell, and John Williamson thought.
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