The Future of International Aid: A Conversation Between Dean Karlan and Nicholas Kristof
The consequences of dismantling one of the world’s largest aid agencies are being felt the world over. What happens now?
May 25th, 2025
development
April 27th, 2025
How Behaviorally Informed Technologies Are Shaping Global Aid
Across the United Nations, researchers and practitioners are building behaviorally informed technologies that can address humanitarian challenges in new ways.
September 02nd, 2024
For Decades, a Behavioral Blind Spot Has Plagued Political Development
Attempts to improve governance in the world’s most troubled states have failed because they’ve been based on the rational design of formal institutions rather than the behavioral logic of the individuals that work inside them.
March 27th, 2023
What We Gain from More Behavioral Science in the Global South
More work in the Global South means more opportunities to learn to address the systems-level challenges that often lie at the root of our most pressing problems.
February 21st, 2023
To Make Cash Transfers Go Further, Customize for the Context
Cash-transfer programs have already been proven to alleviate poverty. With behaviorally informed customization, their positive impact can go even further.
December 01st, 2022
Slavery and Economic Growth in the Early United States
The question that has been strenuously debated is whether slavery, integral to commerce during colonial times, was also central to the acceleration of national economic growth during the first half of the nineteenth century.
June 28th, 2021
Research Lead: Immoral Machines, How to Frame Advice, Selfish Side Effects of Gift Giving, and More
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for June 2021.
October 05th, 2020
Dispatches from the Behavioral Scientists Fighting Coronavirus in the Global South
A special collection of 15 dispatches showcasing the work of behavioral scientists around the globe as they battle the coronavirus.
September 21st, 2020
The Earthquake that Catalyzed the “Humanitarian Big Bang”
In 1755, an earthquake in Lisbon forever changed the way we think about our place in the world and our obligation to others suffering, even in countries far away.
August 31st, 2020
Building Trust to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic in Developing Countries
Developing countries have faced hard challenges in confronting coronavirus. Lacking trust in government could help explain why.
