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How does promoting modern seed varieties impact forest conservation?
Promoting modern seed varieties accelerated the deforestation of primary forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Improving frontline courts in India spurred local economic development
Increasing judicial staffing in frontline courts lowers the pending backlog of legal cases and enables capital stuck in litigation to be put to more...
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Cash transfers reduce adult and child mortality rates in low- and middle-income countries
Evidence from 37 low- and middle-income countries shows that cash transfer programmes were associated with a 20% reduction in mortality for adult...
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Can local ownership solve the resource curse in weak states? Evidence from Nigerian oil
Oil multinationals in Nigeria divesting their onshore assets to local firms resulted in substantial improvements in output and declines in oil theft...
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Persuading voters in India to punish vote-buying candidates
A radio campaign highlighting the costs of vote buying drew close to 3 million votes away from vote-buying parties
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Does empowering women to communicate at home improve child health outcomes?
Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to...
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Breaking the silence: Advancing health technology adoption through open discourse on menstruation
Engaging in open conversations about stigmatised topics like menstruation reduces the social barriers to health technology adoption, which increases...
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Agronomy training in Rwanda had negative spillovers
The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training
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Flight to climatic safety
When extreme natural events strike, investors move money away from emerging economies at higher climate risk in search of climatic safety