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Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital among Female Microentrepreneurs

Several field experiments find positive returns to grants for male and not female microentrepreneurs.

Institutions vs. Social Interactions in Driving Economic Convergence: Evidence from Colombia

Are regions poor because they have bad institutions or are they poor because they are disconnected from the social channels through which technology diffuses?

What Is Different About Urbanization in Rich and Poor Countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States

Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas with analogous geographic units in Brazil, China and India.

Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action

The Recent Growth Boom in Developing Economies: A Structural-Change Perspective

Growth has accelerated in a wide range of developing countries over the last couple of decades, resulting in an extraordinary period of convergence with the advanced economies.

The Devil is in the Details: Experimental Evidence on Bureaucratic Reform in India

Using a biometric technology to monitor the attendance of public health workers in India resulted in a 15 percent increase in staff presence, particularly for lower-level staff.

A Hard Landing or Secular Stagnation in China's Future: False Alarm or Real Threat

A Real Estate Boom with Chinese Characteristics

Chinese housing prices rose by over 10 percent per year in real terms between 2003 and 2014 and are now between two and ten times higher than the construction cost of apartments.

East Asian Industrial Pioneers:Japan, Korea Taiwan

Moving to Opportunity or Isolation? Network Effects of a Randomized Housing Lottery in Urban India

A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.