Why promising trials often fail to result in agricultural yield gains: Evidence from Kenya Farmer selection and researcher interference during trials can introduce bias, impacting how new technologies perform in real-world conditions Agriculture Rachid Laajaj Karen Macours Cargele Masso Moses Thuita Bernard Vanlauwe Published 31.03.21
Is mobile money changing the rural landscape? Evidence from Mozambique The introduction of mobile money promoted migration out of rural areas by easing long-distance transfers and increasing resilience Finance Catia Batista Pedro Vicente Published 19.03.21
Politics and ethnicity in Africa The spread of export agriculture and print technologies across Africa transformed ethnicity via their effects on politicisation and boundary-making Institutions & Political Economy Yannick Pengl Philip Roessler Valeria Rueda Published 17.03.21
Electricity and firm productivity: A general equilibrium approach Eliminating power outages in the developing world would substantially raise firm productivity and worker wages in the long run Energy & Environment Stephie Fried David Lagakos Published 10.07.20
The impacts of agribusiness-led development on farming incomes and profits A shift from a state-led to an agribusiness-led development model in Kenya reallocated profits away from farmers towards agribusiness firms Agriculture Swati Dhingra Silvana Tenreyro Published 05.06.20
Buy as you need: Nutrition and food storage imperfections in Burkina Faso Creating village-level cooperatives to buy grain from outside sources and sell it locally reduced nutritional stress, especially among the young Agriculture Jeremie Gross Catherine Guirkinger Jean-Philippe Platteau Published 04.05.20
Africa's lands of opportunity Which African countries have the best, and worst, intergenerational mobility? Health Elias Papaioannou Published 24.01.20
Does technology hinder development? Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities Technology & Innovation Dani Rodrik Published 21.08.19
Intergenerational mobility in Africa Digging below aggregate statistics highlights the significant inequalities in social mobility in Africa despite rising educational levels Health Alberto Alesina Sebastian Hohmann Stelios Michalopoulos Elias Papaioannou Published 20.06.19
