Is there a tradeoff between environmental sustainability and economic development? If there is a place where that question can be…
The comparative advantage of a location shapes its industrial structure. Current theoretical models based on this principle do not take a…
Literature tells us there are many dimensions of public policy success, and different actors in the policy process will likely focus on…
Public policy work is hard, especially when one works in developing countries. It is even difficult to define what success looks like, and…
We revisit the well-known fact that richer countries tend to produce a larger variety of goods and analyze economic development through (…
The global order is deteriorating before our eyes. The relative decline of U.S. power and the concomitant rise of China have eroded the…
Industrial policies have been with us for a long time, but often they have been carried out surreptitiously and without clear motivation.…
Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low- and middle-income countries, with their own distinct characteristics…
We analyze the effects of bans on exports at the level of 5000 products and show how our results can inform economic sanctions against…