All VoxDevTalks
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Education creates peace: Evidence from school-building in Indonesia
New research shows how a school-building programme in Indonesia successfully reduced conflict
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Getting into the habit: Handwashing and child health in India
Access to soap dispensers combined with monitoring and incentives increased handwashing and generated substantial improvements in child health
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Using incentives to motivate knowledge agents: Evidence from India
Can incentives improve information dissemination among agents or do hidden pitfalls exist?
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Does foreign investment create green growth?
A study in Indonesia reveals that foreign acquisitions lead to a 30% improvement in energy efficiency within two years
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Using behavioural economics in development policy
Can the burgeoning field of behavioural economics provide important insights into development issues?
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Africa's lands of opportunity
Which African countries have the best, and worst, intergenerational mobility?
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Mark-ups in the Bangladeshi garment industry: The importance of buyer procurement
How much do international buyers in the garment industry use their market power to squeeze the mark-ups of Bangladeshi garment suppliers?
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Taxation, civic culture and state capacity
Why do some countries have high rates of taxation and high compliance, while some failed states have neither?
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Selecting better community leaders: Experimental evidence from Uganda
Should we select our community leaders through public discussion or secret ballot? Does it even matter which method we chose?