The returns to education are high in most countries. An additional year of schooling increases earnings by 10 percent a year. At the same time, education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality, as well as for laying the basis for sustained growth. Many ideas on how to realize those returns […]
Envision a large-scale wind farm producing clean electricity at full tilt. At the same time, a growing city with consumers and industries is eager to power their computers and machinery. Sounds ideal. But what if this power cannot be readily transmitted from the wind turbines to all who need it? Households, businesses, and entire economies […]
The returns to education are high in most countries. An additional year of schooling increases earnings by 10 percent a year. At the same time, education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality, as well as for laying the basis for sustained growth. Many ideas on how to realize those returns […]
Imagine living in a country where basic services are a luxury, the government is on the brink of collapse, and economic stability feels like a distant dream. This is the reality for almost one billion people in so called fragile and conflict-affected states—nations struggling to provide even the most fundamental necessities to their citizens, often […]
