Rising crop prices usually quiet conflict, as labourers choose farming over fighting. In Myanmar, rising rice prices instead fuelled state-led violence against civilians. Our findings challenge narratives that frame such atrocities as a reaction to i...

It is widely agreed that deep pockets are crucial for military success. Yet, quantitative evidence on the connection between resources and the probability of winning wars is all but missing. Our research seeks to understand the causal relationship be...

What have we learned from economic research on conflict? What key questions remain?

Organisations in India are already using AI for development across its courts, classrooms and farms.

How do economists think about the economic impacts of AI today? And will our current economic paradigm still make sense if we reach AGI?

Can AI take off in Africa? Rose Mutiso joins us to discuss the need for an energy and digital infrastructure revolution on the continent, and how to make it happen.

Vietnam’s economic transformation is one of the most dramatic in recent history. Economist and Advisor Pham Chi Lan saw it all and tells us how it happened.

Peru has rapidly grown its high-value agriculture sector. The former Minister of Production, Piero Ghezzi, tells us how the government worked with the private sector to make this happen.

Costa Rica has become a world leader in attracting FDI. We talked with the former Minister of Foreign Trade to find out how.