Public capital in countries with abundant natural resources: Is there a curse?

2013 study by the University of Oxford and the University of Sussex on the relationship between per-capita rents from natural resources and levels of public capital.

Orphans, abuse and the world’s most vulnerable children: Recent research

2014 review of available studies and data relating to orphans in sub-Saharan Africa.

Global health 2035: A world converging within a generation

2013 report for The Lancet that quantifies the future of global health and development and maps out how progress might be achieved through investments.

Economic development policy: Backgrounder and update on research trends, 2013

2013 survey of studies and reports on issues relating to microfinance and economics in the developing world.

Al-Shabab, chaos in Somalia and international terrorism

2013 review of scholarship and think tank reports that provide key insights into Somali terror group Al-Shabab’s history, funding and internal politics.

Terrorist attacks, foreign direct investment and foreign aid

2013 study in Oxford Economic Papers on the impact of terrorism on international investment and the potential offsetting effect of foreign aid.

The Arab Spring and the Internet: Research roundup

2013 roundup of recent studies and papers that bring a scholarly, data-driven lens to questions around the Arab Spring and its roots.

Explaining rape during civil war: Cross-national evidence (1980-2009)

2013 study by the Harvard Kennedy School published in the American Political Science Review on possible causes to variation in rapes during 86 major conflicts.

Human appropriation of global production in the 20th century

2013 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on long-term trends in human consumption of global biosystems production.

Microfinance and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa

2012 scholarly literature review regarding microfinance programs and their effects in developing African countries.