Escaping The Natural-Resource Curse
Libyans have a new lease on life, a feeling that, at long last, they are the masters of their own fate. Perhaps Iraqis, after a decade of warfare, feel the same way.
Research
Science Meets Farming in Africa
The role of science, technology, and engineering in solving Africa's most challenging economic problems—from telecommunications to agriculture to infectious diseases—is no longer in question.
Feeding the Next Generation: Science, Business, and Public Policy
Today, three of ten people on the planet rely on others to grow their food and 900 million remain chronically food insecure.
Preventing Hunger: Biotechnology is Key
To survive the droughts, wars and other major causes of famine, Africa must embrace technologies that enable it to produce more, better food with less effort. Indeed, without the advances in molecula
The Churches, Foreign Policy, and Global Poverty: New Approaches? New Partnerships?
Poverty, although it has declined dramatically in the last few decades, affects more than a billion people in the contemporary world.
The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity
The Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity measures the diversity of productive knowledge of 128 countries and demonstrates remarkable predictive value in forecasting how fast count
Urban India 2011: Evidence
The Curse: Why Natural Resources Are Not Always a Good Thing
It is striking how often countries that are rich with oil, minerals or fertile land have failed to grow more rapidly than those without. Angola, Nigeria and Sudan are all awash in petroleum, yet most
Kenya’s Diaspora is a Force to Reckon With in Planning the Country’s Future
Kenya’s new economic diplomacy is working.
How Can Commodity Producers Make Fiscal and Monetary Policy Less Procyclical?
Book abstract: Countries with an abundance of natural resources, many of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, often show a record of relatively poor economic performance compared with non-resource-rich co
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