We suggest an explanation for the existence of “mission drift”, the tendency for Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to …

empirical literature studying the “China shock.” We find that the China shock leads to average welfare increases in most U …

Poverty-reducing policies ought to prioritize the "deserving" poor, that is, those who do all that can be reasonably … of poverty indices that address these issues. Formally, poverty is measured by the sum of specific indices of individual … are unwilling to accept a job that brings them out of poverty …

Employment contributes to reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of …

panel difference-in-differences estimations and an event study design. Motivated by the claim that China and Russia … purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries’ trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … countries. Trade of targets of US sanctions with China declines even more than trade with the US. These general patterns are …

1950 and 1957, the Soviet Union supported the “156 Projects” in China for building technologically advanced industrial …