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Clashes Kill at Least 40 in Central Nigeria

Red Cross · Plateau

Clashes Kill at Least 40 in Central Nigeria

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

ALBAWABA - The Red Cross and locals said that at least 40 people were killed during an ambush and gang clashes in central Nigeria.AFP reported that an a See the Story

Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China

Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China

Carbon offset programmes aim to lower emissions by allowing high-income countries to meet part of their reduction targets by financing projects in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence from China—one of the world’s largest suppliers of these projects—suggests that non-additional offsets (i.e. those that would have happened anyway) can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.Read Article

Special Economic Zones in India: Engines of economic growth or inefficiency?

Special Economic Zones in India: Engines of economic growth or inefficiency?

Firm productivity rises in privately run Indian SEZs but stagnates in public ones, suggesting that political interference fuels rent-seeking behaviour.Read Article

Tackling water scarcity: Lessons from a megaproject in China

China’s South-North Water Diversion Project delivered substantial agricultural and economic gains to water-receiving regions, with limited costs to source areas—highlighting the promise of large-scale, long-distance transfers in tackling water scarcity.China · China Read Article

Edutainment: Can Storytelling Reduce Violence Against Women and Children?

How can mass media meaningfully shift attitudes and behaviours in developing countries?Germany · Germany See the Story

Can governments promote long-term employment through wage subsidies? Lessons from North Macedonia

A government-led programme in North Macedonia combined wage subsidies with matching services to decrease long-term unemployment among vulnerable jobseekers. Experimental evidence indicates that the programme significantly improved formal employment in this population.Macedonia · Macedonia (FYROM)Read Article

A stepping stone approach to mitigating harmful social norms

Can an intermediate, less severe action serve as a stepping stone to eliminating a harmful norm? Research on female genital cutting in Somalia suggests that the intermediate action risks becoming the new norm.Research · Somalia Read Article

Examples from development economics for your introduction to econometrics course

Economists employ a wide range of econometric methods when conducting research. Here are some examples of how these techniques are used to generate interesting and useful policy insights in development economics.Read Article

Understanding men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence in Mali

Combining direct questions with list experiments can help deduce men’s true perspectives on gender-based violence.Mali · Mali Read Article

Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation

In settings where reliable data on poverty is difficult to come by, non-traditional data sources such as mobile phone metadata has the potential to fill data gaps. New research on a cash transfer programme in Togo reveals that mobile phone data enabled accurate targeting but was less effective for impact evaluation.Poverty · Togo Read Article

The gender pay gap in South Africa: Firms, formality and churn

Half of South Africa’s gender pay gap comes from women sorting into low-paying firms, with low formality and high churn being key to understanding this dynamic.Gender Pay Gap · South Africa Read Article

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