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Is it time to rethink poverty policy?
New study offers perhaps the first empirical example of poverty traps and shows that one-off transfers can provide a sustainable route out of poverty
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Can consumption patterns explain identity choices? Evidence from India
Evidence from India shows how both conflict and economic forces can cause people to realign their ethnic or religious identity
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Going green in China: Firms’ responses to stricter environmental regulations
Firms are reactive to better enforcement of emission controls. This effect is more apparent among firms in industries with higher pollution intensity
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Helping microenterprises grow: What works and what doesn’t
Policy interventions in non-agricultural small-scale enterprises shed light on what matters for firm growth and profitability
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Does foreign investment create green growth?
A study in Indonesia reveals that foreign acquisitions lead to a 30% improvement in energy efficiency within two years
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Understanding why states are (in)effective: Targeting reforms and tailoring policy design
Evidence from Russia shows that through appropriate policy design, policymakers can overcome existing capacity challenges within bureaucracies
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‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta
Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion
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Is it time to rethink poverty policy?
New study offers perhaps the first empirical example of poverty traps and shows that one-off transfers can provide a sustainable route out of poverty
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Can the world’s poor afford a healthy diet?
New studies measure how many people cannot afford a healthy diet, establishing a useful benchmark for understanding global food systems and poverty
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The challenges of universal health insurance in Indonesia
A large-scale randomised experiment reveals that temporary health insurance subsidies can improve take-up at no additional cost to the government