What do we know about income and growth in Africa? -- Measuring African wealth and progress -- Facts, assumptions and controversy : lessons from the datasets -- Data for development : a guide to African development statistics -- Conclusion : development by numbers

One of the most heated debates concerning the standards of protection for foreign investment seems to have taken the wrong track and never looked back. The lapse relates to the question whether the concepts of “fair [or ‘just'] and equitable” treatment and “full protection and...

Innovation is a key driver of long run economic growth. Studying innovation requires a clear view of the characteristics and behavior of the individuals that create new ideas. A general lack of rich, large-scale data has constrained such analyses. We address this by introducing a new dataset...