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Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China
Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish
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Ideas for development
Robin Burgess on motivating civil servants, breaking the poverty trap by increasing productivity, and the political economy of electricity
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Climate change and Indian agriculture
Climate change could reduce farm incomes by 15-18%, and by as much as 20-25% in un-irrigated areas
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The welfare effect of inducing persistent changes in behaviours
The welfare effect of policies aimed at changing behaviours persistently may be larger than usually measured because of 'hysteresis'
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Transforming developing countries through private sector investment
What do development finance institutions do, and how do they do it?
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Achieving meaningful impact through aid
Collaborating with local partners and responding to country needs are essential for aid to be effective
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Growing out of corruption
Economic growth can reduce corruption. A Vietnamese study shows that when employment in an industry doubled, bribery fell by 1.6 percentage points
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Agricultural productivity and rural-urban wage gaps revisited: Lessons from panel data
Cities don't make workers (much) more productive, but productive workers move to cities
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The entertaining way to behavioural change: Fighting HIV with MTV in Nigeria
Evidence from Nigeria suggests that TV shows can promote safer sexual practices mainly through learning, rather than social conformity
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Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals
Elliott Harris on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); their vision, policy implications, financing strategy, and the way forward