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Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh
A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit
Buy as you need: Nutrition and food storage imperfections in Burkina Faso
Creating village-level cooperatives to buy grain from outside sources and sell it locally reduced nutritional stress, especially among the young
How to protect the poor in the time of COVID-19?
How can governments in developing countries best ensure widespread and effective social protection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda
Targeting women directly with relevant information in ways that are appealing increases their agency, access to resources, and achievements in farming
Measuring deprivation: Going beyond income poverty and accounting for premature mortality
A year prematurely lost is as bad as a year spent in poverty. Aggregating these indices offers a more accurate insight into the progress of nations
Does language create our gender biases?
Can the linguistic structure of our mother tongue train us to see the world in terms of masculine and feminine?
How tax audits can open credit floodgates: Evidence from Ecuador
Ecuador's efforts to increase corporate tax audits led to a welcome surprise: banks stepped up their lending efforts as confidence in firms rose
Resources and conflict: The role of law enforcement and group competition
The effect of illegal ‘resources’ on conflict depends on the country context, group competition, and the government’s capacity to enforce laws
Cash transfers and the wider economy: Evidence from Kenya
Do unconditional cash transfers increase welfare in communities as a whole, even within households that do not receive them?
Autonomy – not rules – may be a government’s best weapon in the fight against corruption
Giving government procurement officers more leeway in decision-making over expenses could save billions
