Pricing and water conservation in Bangladesh

The prevalence of fixed prices can explain the low adoption of efficient irrigation technology, but incentivising farmers to convert to marginal pricing does not reduce water usage...

Reducing vulnerability, curbing clientelism: A case study in Brazil

Reducing vulnerability can combat clientelism: Access to rain-fed water cisterns in Brazil decreased citizen requests and votes for incumbents...

The power of mentorship: Bridging the information gap to tackle youth unemployment

The ‘Meet your Future’ programme in Uganda improved employment outcomes for young job-seekers by fostering realistic job expectations...

Countering diabetes with incentivised lifestyle changes: Evidence from India

Providing small financial incentives for daily steps to at-risk individuals in India encouraged exercise and improved health...

Do Indian private school quotas meet their redistributive potential?

Redistributive policies may exclude the poor because they can’t apply, and fixing this requires alleviating multiple constraints...

The dynamic effects of cash transfers: Evidence from Liberia and Malawi

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income...

Improving consumer information in rural Kenya

Improving consumer information can increase the productivity of smallholder farmers by helping them detect product quality...

Hitting the jackpot: The high returns of a Malaysia visa lottery for Bangladeshi workers

International migration can be transformative for low-skilled workers and their families, and governments can play important roles to ease the visa intermediation process, lower upfront costs, and ensure safer migration...

Using technology to improve governance: Evidence from electronic tax filing in Tajikistan

Electronic tax filing lowers compliance costs for firms while reducing the gap in tax revenues between those firms more likely vs less likely to evade...