The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our…
Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Indonesia People’s Bank, has been the most successful promoter of financial inclusion in Indonesia since the…
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Indian roads represent the worlds' largest program of private sector investment in road development…
The existence of collective reputation implies an important externality. Among firms trading internationally, quality shocks about one…
For La Ferrara, a development economist, helping people escape poverty means understanding the totality of their lives.
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…
We revisit the well-known fact that richer countries tend to produce a larger variety of goods and analyze economic development through (…
Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low- and middle-income countries, with their own distinct characteristics…
Real interest rates appear to be on a firm upward trend, because nominal interest rates will rise and inflation will fall. Together with…