'Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent … studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies … focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining 'who leads development'. The current article asks if heroes really …

development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1 …In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development …) 'what have the main contributions of randomized controlled trials been to the study of governance?' and (2) 'what could be …

This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda …. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is … premised on the understanding that institutions matter for development. However, there is no straightforward answer to the …

outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on … development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key … development aims. Still, an informed debate on the effects of inequality requires clear evidence. This review contributes to the …

Malawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation … trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on …

last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … worth considering whether there are any lessons from Brazil's development policies for Sub-Saharan African countries. …

This paper uses recently published top 1% income share series in studying the inequality-development association. The … opportunity to study slow development processes. The empirical inequality-development studies have started to call into question … spline methods. The association between top 1% share and development is found to experience a reversal at later stages of …