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Language barriers in multinational companies: Evidence from Myanmar
English language courses for domestic managers improve their interactions with foreign managers, and potential employers value these interactions
Scholarships increase social mobility: Evidence from Colombia
Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students
Using cash transfers to improve child health in low- and middle-income countries
Conditional cash transfers improve child health outcomes in the short term and can improve educational outcomes in the longer term
Some children left behind: When mean impacts and individual impacts differ
Even interventions with large average benefits do not help everyone, which is a serious challenge for education policy in developing countries
Push and pull factors: Evidence from international migration from Nepal
Liquidity restraints, conflict and demand for labour all play a role in pushing or pulling people to migrate to particular destinations
Do asset transfers build household resilience?
Incorporating a measure of resilience in anti-poverty programmes can help predict poverty dynamics and sustainability
Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India
Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive
Trust versus loss aversion: Why does loss framing work?
A healthcare-based study suggests using loss-framed incentives can lead recipients to perceive them as more trustworthy
Anticipatory cash transfers in climate disaster response
Acting ahead of a disaster increases the choice for households to navigate the shock on their own terms
Factor market failures and the adoption of irrigation in Rwanda
Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology
