Benchmarking multi-dimensional in-kind programmes against cost-equivalent unconditional cash transfers reveals that cash can be more effective in improving consumption and asset accumulation.

Investments in local infrastructure that promoted urban livability in Mexico also led to sustained development of the local economy in terms of the size and profitability of private sector firms

A digital mobile-deposit service reduced deposit transaction costs but did not increase savings

Information services can substantially increase the productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers as long as certain criteria are met

Trends predict a gradual decline in the US’ newly arrived immigrant population, and increases in the stock of first-generation immigrants in the EU