Decades of research in ecology have shown that nestedness is a ubiquitous characteristic of both, biological and economic ecosystems. The dynamics of nestedness, however, have rarely been observed.
In poor countries, over a quarter of children under the age of five years are malnourished.
Countries with oil, mineral or other natural resource wealth, on average, have failed to show better economic performance than those without, often because of undesirable side effects.
The proximate cause of poverty is low productivity.
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring?
The candidacy of an African woman, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to lead the World Bank represents a historic opportunity to strengthen the organisation in its mission to attack global poverty.
Book abstract: When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome.
All right, confess: If you've heard of Mauritius at all, it's probably because you know it as the former home of the dodo bird.
Will reforms emerging from the 2008 crisis have a global impact and influence developing countries? Evidence suggests that this happened before, after meltdowns in the 1970s.
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