New measures of export and import exposure at the individual level show that international trade increases earnings inequality in Ecuador

Constructing rural roads in India caused farm labour exits, which increased the use of crop fires that hurt downwind communities

Lowering the psychological cost of initiating job applications dramatically increases application rates without lowering the average return to each job application

Promoting modern seed varieties accelerated the deforestation of primary forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Increasing judicial staffing in frontline courts lowers the pending backlog of legal cases and enables capital stuck in litigation to be put to more productive uses, which increases access to working capital for local firms and improves firm productivity

Evidence from 37 low- and middle-income countries shows that cash transfer programmes were associated with a 20% reduction in mortality for adult women and an 8% reduction in mortality for children aged <5 years

Oil multinationals in Nigeria divesting their onshore assets to local firms resulted in substantial improvements in output and declines in oil theft and violence, driven by politically connected firms

A radio campaign highlighting the costs of vote buying drew close to 3 million votes away from vote-buying parties

Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to generate transformative impacts on most child health outcomes