Changing food habits helps improve nutrition in rural Nepal

Karishma Wasti, Renu Chhetri |

This week's links include how Dean Karlan is thinking about using and generating evidence at USAID, a new paper in Science on Mexican cartels, what we can learn from a B+ research design, and…

David McKenzie |

What if governments could leverage existing, aging infrastructure to raise funds for new development? A set of guidelines is available to support governments in selecting, preparing and delivering…

David Ng, Rishabh Jain |

Some notes from visits to secondary schools in Zambia to inform an IE.

Kathleen Beegle, S Anukriti |

Dependence on fossil fuels in many countries leads to a vicious cycle of increasing costs, higher energy prices for consumers, more pollution that impacts people’s health, and higher greenhouse…

Demetrios Papathanasiou |

Promoting Peacebuilding and Development in Northern Mozambique: A Story of Hope

Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough |

The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing to rising debt burdens, diminishing development prospects, and chronic underinvestment. The…

Indermit Gill, M. Ayhan Kose |

Global poverty estimates were updated today on the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). As explained in more detail in the What’s New document, a total of 63 new surveys were added to the PIP…

Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, R. Andres Castaneda Aguilar, Carolina Diaz-Bonilla, Tony Fujs, Christoph Lakner, Minh Cong Nguyen, Martha Viveros |

SDG 10 promotes a more equitable world by calling for reducing inequality within and among countries. One indicator of our progress toward this goal is income inequality, which can be measured by…

Daniel Gerszon Mahler |

Explore the challenges and solutions for urban flood risk in the era of climate change. Dive into comprehensive guidance from the 'Urban Flood Risk Handbook' on conducting flood…

Steven Rubinyi, Ross Eisenberg |