Reconstruction and conflict: Losing hearts and minds A study finds that military-led projects in the Afghan health sector alleviate violence, whereas those in the education sector actually provoke conflict Infrastructure Travers Barclay Child Published 15.01.18
Land Rights and Urban Poverty Sebastian Galiani on the impact Argentina’s land title policy had on credit access, housing quality, family welfare and economic ideology. Infrastructure Sebastian Galiani Published 12.01.18
The winners and losers from partial health insurance Health insurance for families in Nicaragua had a positive impact on parents and their insured younger children, but not on uninsured older children Health Rebecca Thornton Anne Fitzpatrick Published 04.01.18
The cost of air pollution in South Africa Study indicates that 7.4% of all deaths in 2012 were due to chronic exposure to fine particulate matter, costing South Africa up to 6% of its GDP Energy & Environment Katye Altieri Samantha Keen Published 21.09.17
Suicide and happiness The apparent paradox of high suicide rates in certain countries and regions with high happiness scores is confirmed, but inconsistent patterns emerge Public Economics Anne Case Angus Deaton Published 24.05.17
Do health subsidies help? In this video, Pascaline Dupas discusses how a full subsidy of health products increases the number of people benefitting from health products Health Pascaline Dupas Published 18.07.16
