This report investigates how the Irish housing transaction system influences buyer and seller behaviour. Drawing on behavioural science, it explores how cognitive biases, including auction fever, loss aversion and ambiguity aversion, may be exacerbated by features of the Irish market. We...

The economy of Cabo Verde has been growing at a fast pace over the last four years. The authorities have maintained macroeconomic stability and advanced reforms, though climate risks, SOE pressures, and global uncertainties remain. Economic growth is projected at 5.2 percent in 2025, following...

A Direção de Planejamento (DNP) do Ministério da Fazenda tem procurado a Assistência Técnica do ICD para ajudar a desenvolver a capacidade de projeção e análise da dívida pública. As reuniões pré-delimitação e pré-missão revelaram que não existia uma única unidade responsável...

A Direção de Planejamento (DNP) do Ministério da Fazenda tem procurado a Assistência Técnica do ICD para ajudar a desenvolver a capacidade de projeção e análise da dívida pública. As reuniões pré-delimitação e pré-missão revelaram que não existia uma única unidade responsável...

The Direction of Planning (DNP) of the Ministry of Finance has sought Technical Assistance from ICD to help develop capacity for public debt projections and analysis. Pre-scoping and pre-mission meetings revealed that there was no single unit responsible for producing public debt projections. It...

The Direction of Planning (DNP) of the Ministry of Finance has sought Technical Assistance from ICD to help develop capacity for public debt projections and analysis. Pre-scoping and pre-mission meetings revealed that there was no single unit responsible for producing public debt projections. It...

Cadasters—records of land and property ownership—constitute an important pillar of a country’s institutional landscape by enabling the assignment of property rights. This paper examines the impact of cadasters on long-term economic growth by identifying a specific channel in this link:...