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By allowing risk sharing, joint-liability lending can foster entrepreneurship among microcredit borrowers

Published 11.05.21

Borrowers who receive loans for a fixed asset run larger businesses and see higher profits, with positive impacts on household consumption

Published 10.05.21

Increasing property taxes can boost revenues for developing countries, but enforcement may threaten the welfare of liquidity-constrained households

Published 07.05.21

Increased demand was seen to induce technology diffusion among garment workers, but willingness of both learner and the teacher is necessary

Published 03.05.21

Droughts precipitated by climate change force farmers and pastoralists to compete for scant resources, triggering violent clashes

Published 30.04.21

Increasing competition between banks in India can improve the lending standards of government banks and yield broader economic benefits

Published 26.04.21

As half a million Venezuelan refugees seek amnesty in Colombia, locals exercise their voice through voting

Published 22.04.21

Calling teachers and students once a week almost doubled the impact on reading and maths test scores of an adult education programme in Niger

Published 19.04.21

The introduction of MNREGA increased economic activity as measured by night-time lights and banking deposits, but mostly in richer districts

Published 16.04.21