Failing and succeeding at reducing illegal extraction with information Gabriel Englander February 25, 2026 This page in: English © 2026 World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevaluations/failing-and-succeeding-at-reducing-illegal-extraction-with-infor New data excite me because I might be able to use them in a research paper. Because they are valuable to me, I expect them to also be valuable to society. So I keep attempting papers on whether better information reduces illegal fishing. But I keep getting null results! A recent paper on illegal gold mining in Colombia, however, found that better information did reduce extraction. What made that paper succeed where mine have failed? © 2026 World Bank Group,