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The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda
Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development
Evidence to practice: Studying private sector development
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to research on firms. Chris Woodruff discusses some dos and don’ts.
How do migration and remittances affect inequality? A case study of Mexico
Remittances can lower inequality and may help mitigate some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest
Remedying early life weather shocks with Mexico’s PROGRESA
Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted
Unemployment benefits or severance pay?
What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay?
Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda
An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda
How to cut corruption in India in one simple move
A local government information technology reform, designed to monitor and disperse money to beneficiaries, managed to indirectly reduce corruption
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
What source of money do corrupt officials prefer?
The capacity of Brazilian local governments to source tax revenue has a greater impact on education and corruption than external transfers
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
