Spurred on by the ‘reproducibility crisis’, social scientists are starting to adopt research transparency practices. Research funders are largely unaware that replication work could strengthen the reliability, rigour, and relevance of their investments.

Precise geospatial data is available to, and used by, mainstream financial providers in developed economies. These institutions incorporate an understanding of where things are into the decisions they make every day: choosing new locations for branches and ATMs, designing and...

Access to digital financial services is fundamental to enabling poor people to become more economically stable, prosperous, and resilient. These services – payments, credit, savings and insurance offered through mobile phones or other technology – are reaching millions of people...

In most developing countries, there is a large gap in average consumption per capita be tween urban and rural areas. One appealing interpretation of this gap is that it reflects a spatial equilibrium, in which the higher consumption levels of...