Economic development policy encompasses a range of strategies and instruments designed to foster sustainable growth, reduce inequality, and build resilience in the face of global uncertainties. Modern ...

The field of public health economics has become increasingly vital in guiding resource allocation toward interventions that ...

The labor force participation (LFP) rate for prime-age workers surged from early 2021 through early 2023, especially for women. This helped reduce the large shortfall of available workers relative to ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Located within the Development Economics Vice Presidency, the Development Research Group is the World Bank's principal research department. With its cross-cutting expertise on a broad range of topics ...

Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 103. Global Topics and New Trends in Coastal Research: Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (SUMMER 2020), pp. 90-94 (5 pages) Path choice of economic ...

The Poverty, Inequality and Human Development team conducts research across a wide range of topics that broadly covers issues related to improving the wellbeing of people, particularly less well-off ...

A $50 million grant commitment to the University of Chicago from CRI Foundation, Inc. will establish the University as the administrative home of the Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, ...

The role of seaweed in driving the blue economy is gaining global recognition, as it is increasingly viewed as a vital ...