How can online job portals help firms find workers? Evidence from India

Providing firms with advertising and identity verification tools increases their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill vacancies...

Incentivising school attendance: Evidence from Mozambique

Research in Mozambique highlights new, lower-cost approaches to reducing pupil absenteeism in low-income countries...

Constraints to migration: Evidence from Comoros

A workfare programme increases migration by loosening households’ liquidity and risk constraints...

How lumpy investments determine the effect of expanding financial services: Evidence from Uganda

Grants and finance can alleviate poverty traps associated with lumpy investments, but the impact on development depends on the supply of investment goods...

Do small firms need more workers? Evidence from Ghana

Allowing workers to signal their ability more easily increases access for the poor and alleviates labour constraints faced by small firms in Ghana...

The education spending multiplier: Evidence from schools in Pakistan

Grants given to public schools in Pakistan increase test scores in both public and private schools as a result of increased competition...

Reducing air pollution: Evidence from payments to reduce crop burning in India

Programmes that pay farmers not to burn crop residue face challenges with compliance, but contracts that include partial upfront payments can help...

Increasing the adoption of safe sanitation infrastructure: Evidence from India

Labeled microcredit loans increase the take-up of safe toilets, but take-up and conversion are influenced by intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power...

NGOs and the effectiveness of interventions: Evidence from India

Prior engagement with NGOs boosts intervention effectiveness, which should be accounted for when evaluating research conducted with local implementation partners...