A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.…
Growth has accelerated in a wide range of developing countries over the last couple of decades, resulting in an extraordinary period of…
The promise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is that evidence gathered through the evaluation of a specific program helps us—possibly…
The prevalence of many urban phenomena changes systematically with population size. We propose a theory that unifies models of economic…
The majority of women workers in developing countries – and a significant share of women workers in developed countries – are informally…
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) recognizes the role played by the urban informal economy and makes bold commitments to inclusive urban…
Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the previous decade. Growth has been spearheaded by the development…
The economy of Panama has thrived for more than a decade, based on a modern service sector on the activities surrounding the Canal. Panama…