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Data for better policies: Introducing the Government Revenue Dataset 2020
Thanks to the updated version of the Government Revenue Dataset ( GRD ) we are now able to gain a clear picture of tax and other revenue trends in over 190 countries over the past four decades, now up until 2018...
Government revenue Taxation DataBlog
Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges link between preventing hunger and promoting peace
Professor Patricia Justino is a leading expert on the links between political violence and economic development. Her work has greatly expanded knowledge about the intersection between poverty, food insecurity, and conflict...
Conflict Peace HungerWorking Paper
Data, global development, and COVID-19: Lessons and consequencesThe COVID-19 pandemic holds at least seven lessons for the relationship between data-driven decision making, the use of artificial intelligence, and development...
Data science Data Artificial intelligencePolicy Brief
Research Brief
Book Chapter
ConclusionFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
SMEs Microeconomics Private sectorBook Chapter
IntroductionFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
SMEs Microeconomics Data revolutionBook
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in VietnamMicro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam provides a comprehensive analytic contribution to a crucial topic within development economics...
SMEs Microeconomics Private sectorWorking Paper
Occupational choice of skilled workers in the presence of a large development sector: Evidence from Sierra LeoneUsing data from Sierra Leone, I explore the role of cognitive ability in sorting across sectors and the importance of perceptions in the employment decision-making process...
Development Employment Foreign aidProject workshop
Social mobility in developing countries — concepts, methods, and determinants
Book Chapter
Institutions and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsPresentation
Kunal Sen presents his work at SIDAOn 19 February, Professor Kunal Sen will visit the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm to present his research and discuss research quality and evaluation methods. During his visit, Professor Sen will present his...
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Development programmes, security, and violence reduction: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaImplementing development programmes in conflict-affected areas is crucial for conflict as well as poverty reduction. The big question is how do you carry out these programmes successfully?...
Conflict management Development Poverty reductionBlog
Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before: Introducing the GRD Explorer Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we in the development economics research community do. However, the way in which we use, share, understand, interpret and present data is more important still...
Government revenue Taxation DataBook Chapter
The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughtersFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Development Education Family planningBook Chapter
Intra-household bargaining in poor countriesFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Households Efficiency Development