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What source of money do corrupt officials prefer?
The capacity of Brazilian local governments to source tax revenue has a greater impact on education and corruption than external transfers
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New possibilities for cutting corruption in the public sector
Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries
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How to cut corruption in India in one simple move
A local government information technology reform, designed to monitor and disperse money to beneficiaries, managed to indirectly reduce corruption
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Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda
An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda
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Unemployment benefits or severance pay?
What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay?
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Cash transfers and adult labour outcomes in developing countries: Why does the Econ 101 labour-leisure trade-off model lead us astray?
Missing markets, price effects, and dynamic and general equilibrium effects help explain why poor people do not work less when given cash
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Perceived risk of street harassment and college choice of women in Delhi
Women choose lower quality colleges, travel for a longer time, and spend more money on commuting, relative to men, to feel safer
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Building resilience to natural disasters
How does the World Bank support countries hit by natural disasters?
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The many dimensions of mobile money: Evidence from Bangladesh
Mobile money makes transfers easier, increases rural consumption and reduces poverty, but places pressure on migrant workers to increase remittances
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Violent crime reductions boost businesses growth
Sharp reductions in violent crime in Colombia led to substantial increments in firm production, firm creation, and higher real income for local...