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Strategic or confused? Firm behaviour and missing millions in Uganda’s VAT
A quarter of Ugandan firms appear to consistently make costly mistakes, with potentially far-reaching consequences for theory and policy design
Looking for work: Evidence from the Ugandan labour market
While vocational training helps young job seekers find work, overconfidence in finding a job has important long-term effects on job-seeking behaviour
Can privatised healthcare add value? The Mexico diabetes experiment
Private care led to large savings for the public sector and improved health outcomes through more access to care, not necessarily better technology
Do marketers matter for entrepreneurs? Evidence from Uganda
Marketing support for entrepreneurs helps firms stand out in the marketplace, boosting profits and growth
Improving healthcare provisioning through decentralised financing: Evidence from Nigeria
Providing operating funds to public health facilities can be as effective as alternative pay-for-performance models, at half the cost
Fertility, migration, and growth: Evidence from China
Migration and fertility decisions are highly integrated, and policies ignoring that relationship can threaten economic growth
Contract labour and firm growth in India
Legal constraints to firm growth incentivise large firms to find loopholes by hiring contract labour
Data inaccuracy distorting reality: Evidence from schools in India
Wide-spread cheating inflates students’ achievements in India, but technology-aided solutions can improve data accuracy in standardised testing
Bursting the bubble of population growth: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
The bulk of this century’s population growth lies in the exceptionally high demand for children of poorer households in sub-Saharan Africa
Farm size and productivity: Evidence from India
As small farms grow productivity declines, but past a certain threshold output and productivity increase
