Real interest rates appear to be on a firm upward trend, because nominal interest rates will rise and inflation will fall. Together with…
This impact evaluation investigates whether strengthening the link between local taxation and urban services can revitalize the social…
South Africa’s labor market exhibits a unique equilibrium with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and yet a low level of…
While the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seems to be behind us now, the scarring effects on employment, poverty, and education will last…
Four significant problems currently afflicting leading economies serve as examples of how trade barriers erected by governments have…
U.S. consumer sentiment by one measure is at its lowest level since 2011. More Americans say they hear mostly negative news about the…
The notion of development influences and is influenced by all aspects of human life. Social science is but one representational option…
Over the last two decades, social scientists across the disciplines have worked
tirelessly to enhance the precision of claims made about…
Sarah Glavery and her coauthors draw a distinction between explicit knowledge, which is easily identified and shared through databases and…
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently “loose” methodological moorings…