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Improving school outcomes with better data sharing: Evidence from Chile
Shrinking school–parent information gaps through text messaging can be an effective way to improve grades and attendance outcomes for schoolchildren
Closing the gender profit gap through savings and training: Evidence from Mozambique
Access to mobile savings accounts and financial management skills can lead to improved profits and financial security of female-led micro-enterprises
Escaping the subsidy-quality trap in India’s retail electricity market
Reducing power prices for commercial and industrial consumers can help utilities raise revenue and enhance service quality across the system
Reshaping gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in India
Integrated school-based interventions to advance gender equality can achieve lasting changes in regressive attitudes and behaviours
Why market structure matters for development: Evidence from the global cement industry
Market power in the construction sector raises prices and undermines long-term growth in poor countries
Market power and in-kind transfers: Evidence from Mexico
In settings with market power, providing goods directly can generate larger consumer surplus gains than cash and vouchers because of price effects
The effects of crime on the labour market: Evidence from Mexico
Rising violence in Mexico City led workers, especially women, to reduce hours and leave the labour force
Selection and incentive effects of teacher performance contracts in Rwanda
Pay for performance can improve student learning without negative impacts on the type of teacher that gets recruited or retained
How not to disengage from a conflict: Evidence from NATO’s war in Afghanistan
Strategic miscalculation during Afghanistan’s first security transition may have contributed to its current resurgence of violence
State capacity and development clusters
Evidence from 25 years of data shows countries form persistent ‘development clusters’ according to their levels of internal peace and state capacity
