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The Takeaway offers its readers concrete ideas to take away and integrate into their thinking about a policy problem or current event. It features concise, non-technical analysis, thoughtful policy discussion, and practical recommendations on the key issues facing decision makers.

Recent Submissions

Empowering Women and Combating Harassment: The Women Powerline Initiative in Uttar Pradesh, India

Agrawal, Anupam (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-05)
Leadership of Local Economic Engines: Women in Texas Chambers of Commerce

Nelson, Rebecca (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-04)
Manufacturing Productivity Growth and Job Creation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abreha, Kaleb (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-03)
Police Officers as Service Providers and Agents of Change: An Ethics Training Case Study in Ghana

Serra, Danila (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-02)
Marketplace Health Insurance & the Public Health Emergency: Implications for Texas

Ukert, Benjamin; Dague, Laura (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-02)
Leveraging Private Sector Capabilities for Sustainable Economic Development

Sernett, Kurt (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2023-01)
Medicaid & the Public Health Emergency: Implications for Texas

Dague, Laura; Ukert, Benjamin (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-12)
Democracy on the Battlefield? Why Armed Groups Hold Elections

Huang, Reyko (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-08)
Data-Driven Next-Gen Resilient and Sustainable U.S. Supply Chains: At the Front Lines of the Geopolitical New Normal

Iakovou, Lefteris (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-06)
Productivity and “War Vulnerability”: How Warfare Creates Productivity Gaps between Service and Nonservice Firms

Jola-Sanchez, Andres (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-05)
When Is Government Spending More Effective in Stimulating the Economy?

Jo, Yoon J. (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-04)
Does Price Volatility Information Affect Consumer Choice?

Shcherbakova, Anastasia (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-01)
Broken Link: Egypt’s Trade Policy and Local Labor Market Outcomes

Robertson, Raymond (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-11)
Local Government Control: The Case of Municipal Incorporation in The Woodlands Township, Texas

Greer, Robert; Bowman, Ann; Nakamara, Brian; Brubaker, Crayton (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2012-10)
The Elitism of Armed Rebellion

Huang, Reyko (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2012-09)
Warfare is a “Train Wreck” for Global Supply Chains: What can governments do to mitigate its ill effects?

Jola-Sanchez, Andres (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2012-09)
Lobbying in Good Times and in Bad

Shcherbakova, Anastasia; Wakefield, Helen (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-05)
The Senior Healthcare Divide in Texas

Sherman, Sallie (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-04)
Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector

Greer, Robert A.; Pressler, Lindsey (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-03)
Female Role Model Impact on the Gender Attitudes of Children: Evidence from Elementary Schools in Somalia

Serra, Danila (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-02)