Learning management through matching: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

Evidence from Ethiopia shows that interning in a management role for a month leads to higher wage earnings and can help some people run profitable businesses ...

Using social connections to solve coordination failure: Evidence from assembly lines in India

An experiment in garment factories suggests that stronger social connections among co-workers can enhance coordination when incentives are group-based...

In the eyes of the beholder: How do artisans set prices for their products

Artisans who are attached to their creative output offer discounts to discerning buyers, even when these buyers have a high willingness to pay...

Boosting firm productivity through joining multinational supply chains

Domestic firms that start supplying to multinational corporations see their productivity grow between 6% and 9% ...

Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh

A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit...

The causal effects of competition on prices and quality

Governments can outsource public services and achieve lower prices, without sacrificing quality, if they can ensure that there is enough competition...

Is quality upgrading a motive for vertical integration?

Vertically integrating suppliers is a strategy firms use to improve product quality by ensuring higher-quality inputs...

Gold mining in Burkina Faso: Who wins?

While the state benefits more from industrial than artisanal mining, only artisanal mines increase the consumption of local populations...

Eight things policymakers should know about foreign direct investment

Policymakers in developing countries often clash over the impact of foreign direct investment, but what does the existing literature tell us? ...