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Migration governance in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development...
International migration Emigration and immigration Economic Policy and Good GovernanceBook
Inequality in the Developing WorldFORTHCOMING BOOK ESTIMATED FOR PUBLICATION ON 11 MARCH 2021 | Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge...
Inequality; Developing countries Middle-income countriesBlog
The debate around intellectual property rights and the COVID-19 vaccine
The most effective way to fight COVID-19 is by vaccinating against infection. But once the vaccine is developed, how can it be distributed across the world’s population?...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rightsBackground Note
Making a COVID-19 vaccine globally available once developed: Decoupling production of the vaccine from its developmentDevelopment and production of a COVID-19 vaccine There is a high risk that the intellectual property (IP) rights of a COVID-19 vaccine will effectively block people in many poorer countries from accessing it...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Intellectual propertyBackground Note
Artificial intelligence versus COVID-19 in developing countries: Priorities and trade-offsIn this note, I will refer to current efforts to harness artificial intelligence (AI) in the push back against COVID-19, note its promises, limitations, potential pitfalls, and identify priorities for developing countries...
Artificial intelligence COVID-19 Developing countriesJournal Article
Tax-motivated transfer mispricing in South Africa: Direct evidence using transaction dataThis paper provides the first direct systematic evidence of profit shifting through transfer mispricing in a developing country...
Tax International taxation Profit shiftingWorking Paper
Leapfrogging into the unknown: The future of structural change in the developing worldThis paper traces a set of major trends and future scenarios in global structural change...
Technological change Structural change EmploymentBook Chapter
Gas in Tanzania: Adapting to new realitiesFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Can ‘good’ social mobility news be ‘bad’ and vice versa?: Measurement (and downward mobility) pitfallsLimited attention has been paid to how well social mobility measures debated and used to study industrial countries perform in analysis of low-income settings...
Intergenerational Mobility Measurement Developing countriesProject
The developer’s dilemma – structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth
Theme: Transforming economies
Structural transformation Inclusive growth InequalityBook Chapter
Understanding the boomFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Income mobility in the developing world: Recent approaches and evidenceThis paper examines income mobility in developing countries. We start by synthesizing findings from the available evidence on relative mobility and poverty dynamics...
Intragenerational mobility Intergenerational Mobility Welfare dynamicsJournal Article
Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Social assistance Social protection PovertyWorking Paper
Economic approach to intergenerational mobility: Measures, methods, and challenges in developing countriesThis paper provides a critical survey and synthesis of the recent economic literature on intergenerational mobility in developing countries, with a focus on data and methodological challenges...
Social mobility Intergenerational elasticity Developing countriesResearch Brief
Revenue losses from tax-motivated mispricing in South AfricaNew research provides the first direct evidence of tax-motivated transfer mispricing in a developing country...
Tax International taxation Profit shiftingWorking Paper
Educational mobility in developing countriesThis paper reviews the small but growing literature on intergenerational educational mobility in the developing world...
Educational mobility Developing countries Educational expansion