Working Paper

This paper puts sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development into perspective. While much did not go as hoped for at independence, much of the region has been on a more promising development trajectory since the mid-1990s, as we illustrate using growth...

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Economic development
• Transformation

Working Paper

Policy frames in Brazil have long run up against conflicting visions and understandings about the causes and consequences of group-based inequality. This paper argues that a class-based lens has dominated the social protection framework. In recent...

• Group-based inequality
• Poverty
• Race

Working Paper

The principle of inclusive development lies at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular Goal 16, with its focus on inclusive societies backed by inclusive institutions. Yet despite its ubiquity across the SDGs...

• SDGs
• Inclusion
• Peacebuilding

Working Paper

In this study, we investigate the relationship between education reform, institutional legacies of inequality, and changing political institutions in a poor, conflict-affected country. Burundi experienced a dramatic change in ethnic power relations...

• Education reform
• Difference-in-differences
• Inclusive institutions

Book Chapter

When it comes to reporting on Africa, the international news media has, over time, delivered very mixed messages. Yet there are still many who characterize sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region of hunger, economic crisis, and political unrest. Over...

• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Economic development
• Transformation

Research Brief

• Mozambique
• Multidimensional poverty
• Household survey

Working Paper

The paper examines the existing state of reservations, more specifically, reservation policies and reservations for government jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India. It discusses the progression and ramifications of these policies and...

• Reservation
• Caste
• Class