Bangladesh

We develop a new method to analyse open-ended qualitative interviews with large samples, and apply it to interviews with Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi hosts on parent’s aspirations for children, revealing dimensions of aspiration that standard su...

In Bangladesh’s garment sector, firms often under-promote women because of biased beliefs and distorted learning about women’s managerial ability. However, temporary, low-risk trials can correct these beliefs and lead to sustained increases in female...

Although machine learning models using mobile phone data can make poverty targeting faster and more cost-effective, traditional survey-based methods remain more accurate. The optimal approach therefore depends on striking the right balance between co...

Group coaching in multi-faceted poverty alleviation programmes delivers the same results as individual coaching – at much lower cost.

Index insurance can help smallholder farmers take on more productive risks, but its impacts remain modest, uncertain, and highly context dependent.

Improving menstrual hygiene in low-income settings requires more than just access to products—it demands tackling stigma and restrictive social norms that threaten women's health and economic opportunity.

Mild heat exposure does not reduce individual computer programmer productivity but significantly impairs team performance, especially in more diverse teams, raising concerns about climate change impacts on modern collaborative work.

A cap on corporate loan interest rates in Bangladesh led to an increase in lending–without rationing credit to riskier borrowers–indicating banks have substantial upfront market power. What are the implications for interest rate regulation in develop...

New evidence from Bangladesh shows that aligning business owners' profit motives with environmental and health goals can effectively reduce the harm caused by pollution from brick kilns.