Under Development

Serving up the latest news, insights, funding, and opportunities for healthcare ventures in Africa

Crossing the river by touching the stones

Economic development and poverty, past and present.

Clear writing and clear thinking about the worlds shaping the Bay Area. New pieces on Wednesdays.

In business, culture eats strategy. In government, culture eats policy. Here we'll talk about the problems of state capacity (government's ability to achieve its policy goals) and how to fix them. From the author of Recoding America.

The best of #econtwitter: paper summaries, public goods, and more

New and underrated ideas to improve the world. Visit our website: worksinprogress.co

Lauren Gilbert on migration, progress, innovation, growth and development. Lauren Policy is pronounced to rhyme with foreign policy.

Energy, Climate, Tech, and Africa. Plus Miscellany.

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Why energy abundance is the only way to solve global poverty and fight climate change

Tracing the steps towards scientific progress.

Semi-regular notes about my articles for The Economist and other thoughts— mainly on the American and British economies

Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference

Personal writing on careers and technology

Deep writing about biology.

A monthly update of relevant news for the intersection of global development and economic growth.

More growth. More investment. More startups. More crop yield. More nuclear. More trees. More wealth.

What academia knows* about innovation