Why has Regional Income Convergence in the US Declined?
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decline in the rate of income convergence across states and in population flows to high-income places.
Research
Having it at Hand: How Small Search Frictions Impact Bureaucratic Efficiency
Can small search costs that constrain information acquisition and monitoring across the administrative hierarchy provide a substantive explanation for poor bureaucratic performance in the developing w
Increasing the Economic Security of Older Women
Popular commentary often points to the lower lifetime earnings and longer expected life spans of women relative to men as a reason to be especially concerned about the economic risks women face as the
Space Technology and Africa’s Development: The Strategic Role of Small Satellites
In 2014 the African Union adopted a 10-year Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024).
Nominal GDP Targeting for Developing Countries
The revival of interest in nominal GDP (NGDP) targeting has come in the context of large advanced economies.
Sustaining development through Public–Private Partnership
Despite rapid economic growth, developing Asia has large unmet infrastructure needs that leave many Asians without adequate basic services.
African Megacities as Emerging Innovation Ecosystems
The unprecedented population growth in Africa and its projections followed by a high rate of urbanization are resulting in a growing number of huge urban agglomerations – cities and megacities.
The Solvable Challenge of Air Pollution in India
The costs of air and water pollution in India are extraordinarily high. Consequently, the deterioration of environmental quality is likely to significantly hinder economic growth.
The Outlook for Advanced Economies
In this paper we consider the outlook for economic growth of the advanced economies, focusing on the G7: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.
Functional Dysfunction: Mumbai’s Political Economy of Rent Sharing
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban space.
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