Philippines
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Brain drain vs brain gain: Does international migration deplete poor countries of skilled workers?
Opportunities for nurses to migrate abroad can increase the supply of educated nurses at home
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Educating children in emergencies: Global evidence from five randomised trials
Education emergencies require resilient solutions: A cheap phone tutoring programme can be highly effective across contexts, emergency types, and implementer profiles, pointing to its potential scalability
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The downside of raising aspirations for poor entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Philippines
Encouraging the poor to set higher savings aspirations may backfire if they fall short of these goals, leading to less economic investment
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How cash transfers can have negative impact on non-beneficiaries: Evidence from Philippines
Cash transfers raised food prices and increased stunting among children from ineligible households in remote and poor areas
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Do asset transfer programmes lead to child labour? Evidence from Philippines
Asset transfers can expand household-based economic activity, but can also draw more children into the labour force when other labour is unavailable
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The effects of land reforms on farm size and agricultural productivity
Land reforms, whilst well-intended, misallocate land and labour across farms, thereby reducing average farm size and agricultural productivity
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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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The cycle of debt among vendors in India and the Philippines
Even when street vendors are freed from debt and educated about the benefits of saving, they go back to borrowing from moneylenders at exorbitant rates