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Economic growth
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Article
Has the World Become Smaller for Migrants? The Border and Distance Puzzles in Migration
This open-access paper investigates whether the well-documented border and distance puzzles in trade also apply to international migration.
Report
Governing Critical Minerals: Histories, Gaps, Actions and Innovative Models
How can critical minerals be governed more equitably? Five priorities for a more inclusive and cooperative global system.
Degree Defense
PhD Defence: From Scientific Systems to Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Knowledge, Innovation and Technological Change in Latin America
Fernando Vargas, UNU-MERIT
Event
The Promise of AI: Insights from the World Development Report 2026
On 22 October 2026, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development, UNU, JICA and JADE will co-organize a special event to discuss findings from the World Development Report 2026.
Project
The changing geography of the international diffusion of technological knowledge
Examines the evolving geography of international technological knowledge diffusion over the last four decades using multiple patent-based indicators.
Project
Road infrastructure, economic development and forest loss in the Republic of the Congo
This paper studies the impact of large-scale road construction on economic development and forest loss in the Republic of the Congo.
Symposium
Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium
The Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium invites research on innovation, structural change and development.