This project seeks to examine the links between women's economic empowerment, women's paid work, and their unpaid care responsibilities.
This project seeks to generate evidence on barriers that stop young Bangladeshi girls from advancing economically. Researchers will examine interventions and policies that are effective in removing the barriers.
Economic problems facing the West Bank and Gaza include high unemployment, low productivity, and an underperforming private sector.
There is growing demand for innovative yet rigorous measures of national wellbeing beyond gross domestic product.
The Greater Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam are among the lowest income countries in Asia.
Different countries are at different stages of demographic change. These differences ("asymmetries") can create opportunities for mutually beneficial financial cooperation between them.
Researchers are examining the tax policies (exemptions, value-added, property) constraining small and off-farm enterprises, especially those operated by women, in South Asia.
Research on how the interactions between and among institutions can affect developing countries' ability to implement regulatory goals and reforms will shed light on the neglected field of law and development.
Social networks are important sources of advice and contribute to entrepreneurs' success in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Agriculture has made remarkable advances in the past decades, but progress in improving the nutrition and health of the poor in developing countries is lagging behind.