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Labor economists have the Society of Labor Economists. Health economists have the International Health Economics Association. Economic historians have the Economic History Association. What about deve...

Use the DHS to estimate fertility levels and project future population levels

Sometimes, finding nothing at all can unlock the secrets of the universe. Consider this story from astronomy, recounted by Lily Zhao: “In 1823, Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers gazed up and wondered not about ...

Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

Cabinet selects Poudel from a shortlist of three after prolonged political wrangling; appointment fills vacancy left since April 7.

In October 2024, we shared our plans to launch a new program in partnership with the Livelihood Impact Fund to help stimulate economic growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with at least...

A 2008 review in the Annual Review of Public Health considered the question of whether health insurance improves health. The answer was a cautious yes because few studies provided convincing causal ev...

Background The suspension and/or termination of many programmes funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the new US administration has severe short- and long-te...

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