All VoxDevTalks
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Boiling point in Africa: Climate change and inter-group conflict across the continent
Resource constraints due to climate change are increasing conflicts between herders and farmers trying to make a living
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Public disclosure as a political incentive: Evidence from municipal elections in India
Councilors who thought performance reports would be published before an election invested more in infrastructure, with positive impacts on re-election
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The unintended impacts of formal credit programmes on social networks: Evidence from India
The introduction of financial institutions in communities may generate long-lasting externalities, including losses in informal social linkages
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Learning-by-doing: Navigating financial technologies among Bangladeshi factory workers
How automatic payments can help individuals save more and better protect themselves against consumer risks
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Is faster always better? Evidence from Mexico’s digital credit market
Access to fast cash through digital credit may put consumers at risk for over-indebtedness and likelihood of default
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Designing more effective interventions to prevent childhood stunting: Evidence from Nigeria
Bundling interventions that offer parents health information along with cash transfers might yield more sustainable changes in early-life health...
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Urban-rural gaps in the developing world: Does internal migration offer opportunities?
Policymakers might seek to address the frictions that prevent potentially beneficial migration to urban areas from taking place
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Unintended consequences: How workfare programmes may fuel school dropouts in India
Despite evidence of increasing household wages, anti-poverty schemes in India can have an adverse effect by lowering human capital investment
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How does shame and embarrassment impact social learning? Evidence from India
People are less likely to ask questions in their communities if it exposes the limits of their knowledge.