What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13 short, nontechnical briefing notes prepared in response to this … request, summarizing a selection of major insights in development economics in the past decade. The notes synthesize evidence …

harmonise the national development priorities with international efforts and a number of policies, strategies, programmes … in achieving inclusive growth and sustainable development vis-a-vis 17 selected developed and developing countries …

The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in … international development and agreed upon in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 10. Using data from 164 … countries comprising 97 percent of the world's population, this paper simulates a set of scenarios for global poverty from 2018 …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …