… Voices in Development, Episode 5 • Transcript This week's  2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF … In collaboration with Bridges to Prosperity , Donovan’s insights into a bridge built in Nicaragua concluded that it … the same intervention, the same bridge that gets built. It's true that you get access to markets – which is great for …

… questions. The event followed Professor Leonard Wantchekon’s lecture “Political Distortions and Economic Development” , … borrow too much, spend on narrowly targeted transfers and default more often than those with tighter political … The model applied to Argentina in the early 2000’s suggests that these mechanisms are empirically relevant. …

… Growth Center. She will oversee the research center’s strategic initiatives, external engagement, and research … where she led work to build the evidence base on women’s economic empowerment, after initially joining the financial services for the poor team. At the Foundation, much …

… and other listener questions" Amit Khandelwal joined NPR's Planet Money podcast to discuss potential economic impacts … Listen to the episode and read the full transcript on NPR's website . Related News Items Podcast Development Dialogues: … on trade & development In the News Amit Khandelwal's research featured in The Economist: "How Chinese goods …

… How Nancy Birdsall’s time at Yale Economic Growth Center helped her rethink … … November 17, 2021 | EGC History How Nancy Birdsall’s time at Yale Economic Growth Center helped her rethink … vocal about the appropriate roles for the international financial institutions – including the International Monetary …

… Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2024 This year’s conference showcased economic research on topics from … (ANDE), and Christian Lippitsch (IGC Rwanda), this year’s conference emphasized translating rigorous research into … growth in LMICs. The incidence of distortions David Atkin’s study examines how economic issues like taxes, borrowing …

… for Policy Design , June 6, 2019.   India Launches World's First Particulate Emission Trading … June 6, 2019 | News India Launches World's First Particulate Emission Trading The pilot program is the … 2019.   The Indian state of Gujarat has launched the world’s first emissions trading system for particulate pollution, …

… choking its cities Why does India have 14 of the world’s 20 cities with highest air pollution when it has set limits … strict criminal punishments to enforce them? And what's a possible solution? AP Photo by Michael Greenstone , … Indian Express on April 13, 2018.   Fourteen of the world’s 20 cities with highest air pollution are in India, …

… power by the National Thermal Power Corporation, India’s largest power utility (Rs. 3.2/kWh), as  The Guardian … It could also instill some healthy competition. There’s a growing literature in behavioral economics ( here  and  … Along the way, they could also learn from each other’s success. Since the MPCB already collects high-quality data …

… 12, 2024 Today,  682 million people , or 8.5% of the world’s population, live in extreme poverty, which the World Bank … has historically required a lot of energy; the world’s richest countries frequently have the  highest per capita … of the Global North company and Global South community’s combined cross-country emissions have been removed, and no …

…     Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer? … July 5, 2018 | News Can Maharashtra’s Star Rating Program Become A Game Changer? Public … Evidence for Policy Design  on July 5, 2018. Maharashtra’s pollution debate is getting intense as the Star Rating …

… EGC Voices in Development, Season 2 Episode 1 Today’s environmental crises are affecting lower-income countries – … This series of studies – the first of its kind among today’s emerging economies, outside of China – is a collaboration … in order to inform decision-making.  "The distinction that's important to economists is between the kind of costs that …