China is currently being forced into a dilemma in policy terms, needing a more open economy to boost growth at a time when conditions are…
For the last two centuries, great powers have fiercely competed to set the technical standards for leading technologies. By imposing their…
Examining the expansion of Jakarta’s bus system shows how simple improvements in public transport service quality can boost usage
South Korea’s gender wage and employment gaps are among the largest in the OECD. Using labour force survey data over 2010–19, we estimate…
This paper shows that China's lending boom to developing country sovereigns has largely ended and that debt distress and defaults are…
We compare how in-kind food assistance and an electronic voucher-based program affect the delivery of aid in practice. The Government of…
This article describes some of the challenges of effective governance for sustainability at the subnational level of government.
The existence of collective reputation implies an important externality. Among firms trading internationally, quality shocks about one…
China's lending boom to developing countries is morphing into defaults and debt distress. Given the secrecy surrounding China's loans, the…
To investigate barriers to universal health insurance in developing countries, we designed a randomized experiment involving about 6,000…