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How did child health respond to trade shocks in Brazil?
Evidence on trade shocks in Brazil shows that, despite reducing household incomes, child health improved in hard-hit areas as parents, particularly mothers, had fewer labour market opportunities outside the home and therefore more time to invest in t...
Farm security and agricultural development
Crop theft is an understudied risk faced by smallholder farmers that may impose pervasive costs on farmers. New evidence from Kenya reveals the different ways that theft, and the fear of theft, constrain agricultural development.
Mobile money markets and financial inclusion in Africa
How did adopting platform "interoperability" - a policy that promotes transactions and competition across operators - impact mobile money users in Africa?
Can at-scale parenting interventions effectively reduce violence towards children?
A free intervention in El Salvador aimed at addressing stress-management and parenting for caregivers, and delivered through SMS, lowered women’s use of violence towards children but worsened male caregiver’s mental health and lowered their interacti...
Bundled contracts and technological diffusion caused the Brazilian soybean boom
Bundling technology and services enabled the soybean boom in the Brazilian savanna - migrant farmers in low-quality land gained the most from bundled contracting
