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Highlights this week

New key issues guide: Informal institutions

tree at sunset Are customary or informal institutions detrimental to the development process? Do they have any relevance in modern society? Do they matter for development at all? Our new key issues guide explores the issues.

Does Islam influence development?

mosque Can slow growth and the democracy deficit in the Arab world be caused, as is sometimes claimed, by the influence of Islam? New research takes a historical perspective to try to answer this question.

What developing countries want from IMF reform

stop sign A new report, generated from a series of regional meetings, identifies priorities for IMF reform selected by finance minsters, central bankers and senior advisers.

Scaling up participatory methodologies: the example of CLTS

women standing on buckets When a process leads to positive change, it is desirable to instigate that process elsewhere but this ‘going to scale’ is often complex. What lessons can be learned from the experience of CLTS?