Successful development programs rely on people to behave and choose in certain ways, and behavioral economics helps us … understand why people behave and choose as they do. Approaching problems in development using behavioral economics thus leads to … better diagnosis and to better-designed solutions. This paper sketches how to use behavioral insights to design development …

the developing world tends to be low productivity employment, and as countries move up the development path, the …

development. Our theory delivers a gravity equation for cross-border patents. To test the model's predictions, we compile a new …

capabilities on growth are stable across development levels. On the one hand, a real exchange undervaluation measure is constructed …-series-cross-section-growth regressions with development level interactions are used to test the stability of these variables' growth impact. The results show … that real undervaluation is a growth driver across all development levels, once technological capabilities are accounted …

performance of the East Asian in comparison with the Latin American countries. -- Development ; Technological Change …

Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … countries. -- industrialization ; services ; development strategy ; rapid growth …

Ragnar Nurkse was one the pioneers in development economics. This paper celebrates the hundredth anniversary of his … development. It also demonstrates the affinity between Nurkse’s theory of mobilizing domestic resources and employer …-of-last-resort proposals. -- Ragnar Nurkse ; Development Economics ; Employer of Last Resort …