Tackling food and fuel subsidies
Three new leaders face the challenge of food and fuel subsidies: Sisi, Modi, and Jokowi Jeffrey Frankel09 September 2014Subsidies for food and energy are economically inefficient, but can often be...
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The global value chain and the competitiveness of Asian countries Kozo Kiyota, Keita Oikawa, Katsuhiro Yoshioka09 October 2016The international competitiveness of industries has received much...
View ArticleHow intergroup contact can foster nation-building
How intergroup contact can foster nation-building Samuel Bazzi, Arya Gaduh, Alex Rothenberg, Maisy Wong07 January 2018Fostering a broad and inclusive sense of national identity is vital for long-term...
View ArticleBooks not bullets
Books not bullets Dominic Rohner, Alessandro Saia05 May 2019It is widely believed that education is a crucial factor in curbing political violence, but establishing causal evidence of this notoriously...
View ArticleLong-term and intergenerational effects of education
Long-term and intergenerational effects of education Richard Akresh, Daniel Halim, Marieke Kleemans18 May 2019Does investment in schools promote higher educational attainment—and do the effects...
View ArticleForeign acquisitions and energy intensity
Good for the environment, good for business: Foreign acquisitions and energy intensity Arlan Brucal, Beata Javorcik, Inessa Love16 August 2019The link between foreign ownership and environmental...
View ArticleThe famines of WWII
The famines of WWII Cormac Ó Gráda02 September 2019Of WWII’s warring powers only the Soviet Union suffered mass starvation, but as this column, part of a Vox debate on the economics of WWII,...
View ArticleDoes foreign investment create green growth?
13 September 2019Economists argue whether foreign direct investment in developing economies exports pollution or generates green growth. Beata Javorcik talks to Tim Phillips about a surprising...
View ArticleHow pension plans changed kinship traditions
How pension plans changed kinship traditions Natalie Bau14 September 2019Families’ attitudes towards educational investment and lifetime saving are underpinned by longstanding cultural attitudes that...
View ArticleEducation creates peace
14 February 2020New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict. Dominic Rohner tells Tim Phillips about this unanticipated peace dividend, and how the...
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