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How can digital public technologies accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals?

George Ingram, John W. McArthur, and Priya Vora

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

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The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being

Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, Elaine Maag, Yung Chun, Laura Brugger, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

A protester waves a flag on an empty road during a protest against a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 9, 2012. Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets across Africa's top oil producing nation on Monday, launching an indefinite nationwide strike to protest against the axing of fuel subsidies. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Belinda Archibong, Tom Moerenhout, and Evans Osabuohien

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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Despair and resilience in the US: Did the COVID pandemic worsen mental health outcomes?

Emily Dobson, Carol Graham, Tim Hua, and Sergio Pinto

Monday, April 4, 2022

Shells are pictured in the dry bed of the evaporated Lake Faguibine, in Mbouna, northern Mali May 29, 2021. Picture taken May 29, 2021. Birom Seck-ICRC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Climate change, development, and conflict-fragility nexus in the Sahel

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Landry Signé

Friday, March 11, 2022

The touristic and empty Serrano Square in the Palermo neighborhood with a delivery Rappi waiting for the next course. Argentina extended their lockdown through July 17, leaving the country's tourism industry reeling. Buenos Aires, Argentina - July 6, 2020.La place Serrano, vide dans le quartier touristique de Palermo. Une livreuse Rappi est assise en attendant la prochaine commandeL Argentine a prolonge le confinement jusqu au 17 juillet, impactant fortement l industrie du tourisme. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 6 juillet 2020.NO USE FRANCE

Pandemic divergence: A short note on COVID-19 and global income inequality

Federico Filippini and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

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The impact of beneficial ownership transparency on illicit purchases of US property

Matthew Collin, Florian M. Hollenbach, and David Szakonyi

Monday, March 7, 2022

An election official checks the biometric identification information of a voter at a polling station in Zahibohio in the region of former president Laurent Gbagbo, in western Ivory Coast October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

What is ‘good’ digital infrastructure? Measuring digital infrastructure to maximize development outcomes and mitigate risks

Priya Vora and Jonathan Dolan

Friday, February 18, 2022

Slum houses are seen built along a train track in the Agege district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

The evolution of global poverty, 1990-2030

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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Interoperable, agile, and balanced: Rethinking technology policy and governance for the 21st century

Nicholas Davis, Landry Signé, and Mark Esposito

Thursday, January 6, 2022

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Students return to classrooms, amid the easing of quarantine and the gradual opening of the country in Durban, South Africa on June 8, 2020. Since March 19, the beginning of strict confinement decreed by the president Cyril Ramaphosa to combat the covid-19 pandemic, South African schools had been closed. By virtue of a relaxation, this Monday (8) the secondary classes were officially resumed throughout the territory. (NO RESALE)

How have impact bond-funded projects in low- and middle-income countries fared in COVID-19?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sarah Osborne, and Emily Crane

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Birbhum, West Bengal / India - 18th August 2020: Aadhaar and PAN cards on wooden floor while a smart phone with mAadhaar app held in hand

Digital government: Foundations for global development and democracy

George Ingram and Meagan Dooley

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Status check: Managing debt sustainability and development priorities through a ‘Big Push’

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Friday, October 29, 2021

Aerial. Stone town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Property tax compliance in Tanzania: Can nudges help?

Matthew Collin, Vincenzo Di Maro, David K. Evans, and Fredrick Manang

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A scientist prepares samples in the XBI biological laboratory on the campus of the international research facility European XFEL. Among other things, research is being carried out there on the structure of a protein that carries the coronavirus in its envelope. The European XFEL operates the world's largest X-ray laser.

A proposal for long-term COVID-19 control

William A. Haseltine

Friday, August 20, 2021