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Making policies matter
A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition
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Improving agricultural extension and information services in the developing world
Information services can substantially increase the productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers as long as certain criteria are met
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Understanding the average effect of microcredit
Microcredit trials show only moderate variation in effects across different settings, suggesting that the average effects of these loans are small
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The role of drug packaging in malaria medication adherence in Uganda
Short messages encouraging drug adherence can increase treatment completion. This approach is low cost and scalable.
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The year that was: From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Tavneet Suri looks at the VoxDev highlights of 2018
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The long-term effects of cash transfers: Mexico’s Progresa
Conditional transfers in childhood improve education, labour, and economic outcomes in adulthood, especially for women
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Climate change and infant mortality
Despite limited data, there is evidence that high heat and humidity in the first month of life results in increased mortality in developing countries
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Misperceived quality: Fertiliser in Tanzania
Evidence from Tanzania shows fertiliser quality is not the problem, rather it is farmers’ perceived belief of bad fertiliser quality that is
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New possibilities for cutting corruption in the public sector
Personality tests and psychological profiling offer innovative ways for cutting corruption in the public sector of developing countries