countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data … development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of matching new seasonal agricultural jobs in the US with Haitian … and the potential for policies of this kind to complement more traditional forms of development and humanitarian …

We investigate whether estimates of the effect of aid on growth are influenced by authors' careers. We collect data on … on the reported magnitude of aid effectiveness, and on the degree of selectivity in which results are reported. On … with aid agencies. …

parental health investments, economic recouping, and foreign aid, which facilitate subsequent catch-up growth of children. We …

We assess Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend. While fertility rates and dependency ratios in Africa … Northern America. This projection suggests Africa has considerable potential to enjoy a demographic dividend. Whether and when … these areas, coordinated policies will likely be most effective in generating the momentum needed to pull Africa's economies …

African agriculture's importance for sustainable development is well appreciated. Indeed, recent years have seen a … physical resources across occupations and space, and without which agriculture and industrial development, and hence structural … agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …

We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the …

In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development … Africa; (iii) describe the resurgence of technological start-up entrepreneurship in Africa and (iv) call for policy support …