The course explores how government analytics can leverage government-wide microdata to evaluate every team in every public organization, thus addressing information gaps on public sector performance a...

About BII British International Investment (BII) is the UK’s leading development finance institution, wholly owned by the UK Government. Our primary mission is to address global development challenges...

The automated technology can sort up to 100,000 pieces a day at a Lancashire mill.

China's first modern river-to-sea canal could significantly cut down time and costs of trade to Southeast Asia.

WBG President Ajay Banga announced that Nobel laureate Michael Kremer has been appointed as World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, bringing one of the wo...

A water-saving approach for sustainable rice production.

The World Development Report 2026 explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping development as a general‑purpose technology.

A weather-technology company says seven cloud-seeding missions were flown over the Kenai Peninsula last weekend.

Water companies have included desalination in their long-term plans to avoid supply issues, but will they make that investment?

This paper presents an updated analysis of the patterns of economic development in Africa over the last 60 years. The analysis stresses the heterogeneity of development trajectories among sub-Saharan...

MOBILIST has supported the launch of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) designed to broaden institutional investment in African sovereign debt markets. Developed with Legal & General Asset Management (L...

Misinformation and disinformation are among the worst online scourges, with huge real-world impacts. Why are our regulations so weak? And are there risks in making them stronger?

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Congress must push back against our inhumane immigration tactics.

The rapid expansion of high-speed internet has intensified concerns about how digital technologies affect early childhood. Using the staggered rollout of fibre optic to the home in Uruguay as a natura...

Abstract. Theory predicts that outsourcing public services to the private sector can reduce costs and improve efficiency but can also induce cost-cutting a

The company says the production line launch marks a critical step towards China’s drive for tech self-sufficiency.

The station was renamed to give England a boost before the match with Mexico - in which Jude Bellingham shone.

Ship-based nuclear energy systems that deliver reliable power where industry and nations need it most.