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The political economy of donor funding: Insights from USAID
How does USAID decide how and where to channel its efforts?
Mind over money matters: How psychosocial interventions can help with money management
Psychosocial factors matter for financial behaviour. A financial literacy and parenting programme substantially improves families’ financial lives.
Do property rights exacerbate son preference?
Affording tenants in India property rights on the land they farmed exacerbated son preference, resulting in fewer girls surviving to the age of one
Evidence to practice: Reforming private healthcare in India
Using the example of healthcare in India, Nick O’Donohoe discusses how data plays a crucial role in making sure investments are put to their best use
The many dimensions of mobile money: Evidence from Bangladesh
Mobile money makes transfers easier, increases rural consumption and reduces poverty, but places pressure on migrant workers to increase remittances
Does higher pay attract better applicants? Evidence from a Ugandan NGO
Financial incentives to community health promoters attract more applicants at the expense of crowding out pro-social preferences
Evidence to practice: Time to bridge the gap
Tavneet Suri on the importance of bridging the gap between academia and policymakers
Should we try to do away with job referrals?
Evidence from the garment industry in Bangladesh shows that it is not obvious that policymakers should try to limit the role of referrals in job hiring
Perceived risk of street harassment and college choice of women in Delhi
Women choose lower quality colleges, travel for a longer time, and spend more money on commuting, relative to men, to feel safer
Breaking gender-barriers: How women are becoming managers
How do we get more women in senior positions? Chris Woodruff shares insights from the Bangladeshi garment industry
