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Cash and the economy: Evidence from India’s demonetisation
Demonetisation in India in December 2016, whilst not reflected in official GDP, led to temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit
Assessing the impacts of financial aid for low-income students
Merit-based financial aid for low-income students doubles immediate postsecondary enrollment, making elite universities substantially more diverse
Does technology hinder development?
Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities
Judicial efficiency and firm productivity: Evidence from a world database of judicial reforms
Judicial reforms funded by foreign agencies increase firm productivity, but only in specific sectors where contract enforcement is more important
Female leadership
Affirmative action in local Indian politics increased graduation rates for girls and reduced the aspiration gap between boys and girls
Allocating capital to microentrepreneurs through community surveys in India
Incentivising accuracy in peer evaluations of microentrepreneurs can support the allocation of capital to those with the greatest likelihood of growth
Unconditional cash transfer programmes and intimate partner violence in Kenya
Unconditional cash transfers to women reduce both sexual and physical violence inflicted on them, while transfers to men only reduce physical violence
Industrial policies in production networks
The industrial sectors a government chooses to support are critical to development by inducing ripple effects on production networks at large
Empowering adolescent girls in Sierra Leone under the Ebola crisis
In the midst of the Ebola crisis an empowerment programme acts as a shield for adolescent girls
Migration and post-conflict reconstruction
The return of Yugoslavian refugees from Germany in the 1990s explains the stronger performance of exports to the rest of the world in industries where they were employed while abroad
