This week's links include the new Clark medal winner, work on Venezuelan migrants and voting in Colombia, an RCT on subsidizing mechanization in India, and more....

Pressures of the COVID-19 crisis prompted IDA to accelerate financing commitments last year and launch an early replenishment. This made for a moment of much-needed international solidarity in…

New principles for insolvency: Supporting small businesses’ key role in the COVID-19 recovery

Having endured cyclical crises spanning three decades, Somalia is both a fragile state and a resilient society. For decades, people have been organizing themselves and helping address crises on…

How to get children to [email protected]? We have a manual that can help

Since moving to Southern Africa in 2019, I have had the great privilege of meeting many impressive women working in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related fields.

In 2014, the Ebola crisis hit Sierra Leone. A country of only 6.2 million people had more than 14,000 cases and lost close to 4,000 lives to this deadly disease. Ebola caused deep economic and…

Damaged by the Disaster: The Impact of COVID-19 on Firms in South Asia

In a very short time, digital connectivity has become vital to doing business, governing, learning, and living. However, the existence of outdated regulatory frameworks persists. The Regulatory…

Sharing for Development: Knowledge Exchanges between East Asia and Africa