Are developing-world cities engines of opportunities for low-wage earners? In this study, we track a cohort of young low-income workers in…
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Background: Antenatal balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplements have well-documented benefits for pregnancy outcomes. However,…
We survey the recent literature in economics measuring what is on top of people’s minds using open-ended questions. We first provide an…
My own preference is for incremental health reform rather than the teardown they advocate. This is partly based on answering a different…
I was gratified to see Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein write, “if Furman and others like him are enthusiastic about trying to build…
Purpose: This study aims to highlight the risks and threats posed by crowdfunding. It also looks at the new European Union regulation on…
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A common complaint about tax systems is that they are too complex and several countries offer simplified regimes to subsets of taxpayers.…
In 1975, the Nobel laureate economist William D. Nordhaus suggested that developing economies might seek to prop up the value of their…
Experiential learning is a core part of our strategy to build talent at the Harvard Center for International Development (CID). On April 17…