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Labour market effects of workfare programmes: Evidence from India’s NREGA
India’s NREGA programme increased rural and urban wages and reduced rural to urban migration
Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China's one-child policy
China’s one-child policy increased its capital-labour ratio and reduced FDI inflows relative to India, consistent with neoclassical fundamentals
Integrated and unequal? The effects of trade on inequality in developing countries
Does trade increase inequality? The answer is nuanced and context-specific, but the solution for policymakers is not protectionism.
The equitable benefits of Colombia’s bus rapid transit system
Investments in bus rapid transit systems can lead to large returns that benefit the high-skilled more than we might expect
Ghana’s infrastructure: The mystery of misspending
The primary cause of incomplete infrastructure projects in Ghana is poor financial planning. This video documents the evolution of this study.
Unintended voter polarisation by political elites: Experimental evidence from Turkey
A door-to-door information campaign in Turkey unintentionally polarised the electorate over their vote in a policy referendum
Kinship taxation and firm growth: Evidence from Kenya
Pressure to share income with relatives, acting as a ‘kinship tax’, can discourage productive activity by impeding firm growth
Do business plan competitions work?
A business plan competition successfully identified entrepreneurs capable of effectively utilising capital to grow their business in Nigeria.
Law of the land: Ethnic patronage in Kenya’s slums
Slum tenants face higher rents and lower investments when their landlord and chief share ethnicity, while gaining when their chief is a co-ethnic
Justice delayed is justice denied: Speeding up court pre-trials
Evidence from Senegal shows that the length of legal pre-trials can be reduced whilst not impacting quality of decisions
