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The steady reduction in global poverty since 1998 has been a success story. However, hundreds of millions still live in extreme poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic turned a 22-year tide of progress. With a strong focus on development economics, Blavatnik School researchers have long been at the forefront at fighting poverty and looking at how countries develop and flourish – not only economically, but in living standards, freedoms, health, education, environmental protection and quality of life.

PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

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Digital Pathways at Oxford

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Establishing State Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Societies

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Empowering the Poor: The Behavioural and Social Foundations of Poverty Reduction, and Evolving the Role of Multilateral Responses

Project

Cash Plus

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Developing countries navigating global banking standards

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Research on Improving Systems of Education Programme (RISE)

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Centre for the Study of African Economies

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International Growth Centre

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Global Economic Governance Programme

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What Works Hub for Global Education

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News

11 October 2024

New programme will look at digital public infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries

As various aspects of life go online, digital public infrastructure, such as data exchange mechanisms and payment platforms, is essential for people to access services. A new programme will investigate its effects on inclusion and wellbeing.

PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS

Digital Pathways at Oxford

Establishing State Legitimacy and Effectiveness in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Societies

Empowering the Poor: The Behavioural and Social Foundations of Poverty Reduction, and Evolving the Role of Multilateral Responses

Cash Plus

Developing countries navigating global banking standards

Research on Improving Systems of Education Programme (RISE)

Centre for the Study of African Economies

International Growth Centre

Global Economic Governance Programme

What Works Hub for Global Education

LATEST NEWS

New programme will look at digital public infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries

“From poverty to prosperity” - course by Sir Paul Collier relaunched

Award for Kate Orkin’s role in keeping millions out of poverty

VOICES BLOG

Service provision in fragile and conflict-affected states: The role of outcomes-based contracts

A year after the Beirut blast: Is Lebanon falling into the abyss?

Creating a better future for women and girls: MPP alumnus interviews Ib Petersen

PUBLICATIONS

Towards a Green Trade and Investment Strategy for Africa

Revisiting digital inclusion: A survey of theory, measurement and recent research (Working Paper)

Informal settlements in Lusaka

Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund: Policy considerations

Informal transport reform in Kampala

Virtual migration through online freelancing: evidence from Bangladesh

The role of low learning in driving dropout: a longitudinal mixed method study in four countries

Negotiating equity: examining priorities, ownership, and politics shaping Ethiopia’s large-scale education reforms for equitable learning

Accountability relationships in 3Rs curriculum reform implementation: implication for pupils’ acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills in Tanzania’s primary schools

Scaling energy investments in fragile states

Lessons from implementing the Digital Economy Kit: Moving from diagnosis to action

The labour market impacts of female internal migration: Evidence from the end of Apartheid

COVID-19 and disruption of the digital economy: evidence from low and middle-income countries

Designed to succeed: building authorising environments for fast-growing cities

Urban land use planning for economic growth

Critical issues for strengthening supreme audit institutions in developing countries

Scarcity and cognitive function around payday: a conceptual and empirical analysis

Cognitive droughts

The BRT and the danfo: A case study of Lagos’ transport reforms from 1999-2019

Urban mobility: policy decisions for connecting the city

The prospects for manufacturing-led growth in Africa’s cities

The prospects for manufacturing-led growth in Africa’s cities

Can Africa learn from the Chinese urbanisation story?

Considerations for land value capture reform in the Greater Amman Municipality

Sex workers, stigma and self-image: evidence from Kolkata brothels

Can Africa learn from the Chinese urbanisation story?

Impôts sur le foncier: pour valoriser des revenus municipaux inexploités

Inequality and real income growth for middle and low-income households across rich countries in recent decades

Urban governance institutions: Policy options for fast growing cities

Urban governance institutions: policy options for fast-growing cities

Pioneering firms in fragile and conflict-affected states

The demand for insurance under limited trust: evidence from a ﬁeld experiment in Kenya

Enhancing property tax compliance in Mandalay

A quick, cost-effective approach to land tenure regularisation: the case of Rwanda

Policy options for informal settlements

Key considerations for integrated multi-modal transport planning

Informal settlements and housing markets

Informal settlements and housing markets

Charting pathways for inclusive growth: from paralysis to preparation

Digital lives: creating meaningful connections for the next 3 billion

Land rights: Unlocking land for urban development

Upping the ante: The equilibrium effects of unconditional grants to private schools

IGC Growth brief: Making the most of urban land

Accessing opportunities: Policy decisions for enhancing urban mobility

Policy options for Kabul’s informal settlements

Housing finance: Demand and supply-side subsidies

Property taxes: Exploring the untapped potential for the city of Hargeisa

An overview of municipal finance in Hargeisa, Somaliland

Private vs. public collection in enhancing local tax revenues

Efficient and effective municipal tax administration: A case study of the Kampala Capital City Authority

Cash-Plus: Variants and Components of Transfer-Based Anti-Poverty Programming

Land and property taxes: Exploiting untapped municipal revenues

Secure, legally enforceable and marketable land rights for urban development

Choice for the poor or poor choice? India’s school choice policy

Risk Sharing and the Demand for Insurance: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

The ethical foundations of aid

The need for a bigger World Bank Group

Assessing the effectiveness of multilateral organisations

Service delivery versus moonlighting

Securing the future of multilateral development finance