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Would developing countries be safer if governments listened to business owners more?
Participation in drafting regulation appears to make firms more willing to see government as a legitimate regulatory authority
Labour standards in Asian export factories: Does compliance pay?
Compliant factories have higher quality and performance. Even so, noncompliant firms dominate the market. Could stronger financial incentives help?
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
Old habits die hard: Nutrition in India
In India, the main issue that people are facing is not a deficit of calories but it is a deficit in nutrients. How can this be changed?
Information is power: Evidence from Mexico City’s Labour Court
Providing personalised information on predicted case outcomes to parties in ongoing cases improved court efficiency and achieved better settlements
Does patient demand contribute to overuse of prescription drugs? Evidence from Mali
Evidence from Mali shows that patient demand is an important contributor to the overuse of antimalarials
Do apprenticeships work?
Evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships
Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex
Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya
Does bottom-up accountability work? Evidence from Uganda
Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates
What happens when a better-educated generation gets involved in local politics?
How an education reform in Indonesia resulted in better public service delivery
