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Microfinance
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Helping graduated borrowers through asset-based microfinance: Evidence from Pakistan
Borrowers who receive loans for a fixed asset run larger businesses and see higher profits, with positive impacts on household consumption
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How developing countries can boost their property tax revenues: Evidence from Mexico City
Increasing property taxes can boost revenues for developing countries, but enforcement may threaten the welfare of liquidity-constrained households
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Exporting pollution
Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict
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How demand can inspire peer-to-peer technological learning: Evidence from small firms in Ghana
Increased demand was seen to induce technology diffusion among garment workers, but willingness of both learner and the teacher is necessary
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In-kind transfers as insurance: Evidence from India
While academics and policymakers prefer unconditional cash transfer to the poor, they value in-kind transfers that protect against price fluctuations
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How climate shocks trigger inter-group conflicts: Evidence from Africa's transhumant pastoralists
Droughts precipitated by climate change force farmers and pastoralists to compete for scant resources, triggering violent clashes
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Informality and the effects of trade in developing countries
What are the effects of trade amidst a large informal sector? New research studies a model tightly connected to data on firms and workers in Brazil
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Is mobile money changing the rural landscape? Evidence from Mozambique
The introduction of mobile money promoted migration out of rural areas by easing long-distance transfers and increasing resilience
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Improving management practices through individual and group consulting: Evidence from Colombia
By leveraging peer-learning effects, group-based consulting can be cheaper and more effective than individual interventions in improving SME...