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The benefits of road maintenance: Lessons from Indonesia
Better roads help manufacturers create new jobs, enabling worker transitions out of informal employment, and increasing wages.
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Encouraging demand for sanitation in Indonesia
Poverty, low social capital and low government administrative capacity hinder sanitation improvements, even when the health benefits are clear.
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How can behavioural messaging campaigns be tailored to reduce loan delinquency?
Text-based behavioural messaging can reduce delinquency, with the most effective messages either referencing social norms, or sent to individuals...
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Does faster public service delivery decrease corruption? Evidence from the Bangladesh Civil Service
Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead...
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Fighting a losing battle: The challenges of combatting international profit shifting
Chile’s OECD-aligned tax reform did not shift transfer pricing behaviour or generate additional tax revenues.
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How does privatisation impact workers? Evidence from Brazil
When SOEs are privatised their employees’ wages, particularly for the less educated, fall dramatically, which also has negative spillover effects on...
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Two heads are better than one: Agricultural production and investment in Côte d’Ivoire
Women’s inclusion in training, farm management and planning can boost the efficiency of agricultural production
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Improving police responsiveness to gender-based violence: Evidence from India
Gender-targeted police services, coupled with training, improve the responsiveness of police to gender-based violence
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Spatial frictions and high-frequency human mobility: Evidence from three African countries
Insights from a year of smartphone app data suggest high levels of spatial mobility