Cognitive capital encompasses the collective cognitive resources of a population, including skills, knowledge, creativity and problem-solving capacity. It represents a distinct dimension of human ...

Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. The subject of this course is microeconomics, which examines the decision making of individuals and firms with regard to consumption, ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

Environmental governance and economic development are deeply intertwined, as societies strive to reconcile growth ambitions with the preservation of natural capital. Robust governance ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

Gig or sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Grubhub and Taskrabbit are rapidly redefining the meaning of work, innovation and prosperity in post-industrial capitalist economies. How has ...