Recent work by David McKenzie
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The downside of raising aspirations for poor entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Philippines
Encouraging the poor to set higher savings aspirations may backfire if they fall short of these goals, leading to less economic investment
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Specialised hiring and entrepreneurial success: Evidence from Nigeria
Subsidising entrepreneurs to hire a marketing or accounting specialist can be more effective than trying to train the entrepreneur in these skills
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Improving management practices through individual and group consulting: Evidence from Colombia
By leveraging peer-learning effects, group-based consulting can be cheaper and more effective than individual interventions in improving SME...
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Training entrepreneurs
This VoxDevLit reviews innovative research out there on training entrepreneurs
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What works in training entrepreneurs?
The first VoxDevLit highlights the role of research in generating innovation in approaches to training entrepreneurs
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Costs and benefits of helping firms formalise in Malawi
A cheap intervention increased firm registration but failed to impact tax registration, negating potential tax revenue
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Cash transfers and adult labour outcomes in developing countries: Why does the Econ 101 labour-leisure trade-off model lead us astray?
Missing markets, price effects, and dynamic and general equilibrium effects help explain why poor people do not work less when given cash
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Do business plan competitions work?
A business plan competition successfully identified entrepreneurs capable of effectively utilising capital to grow their business in Nigeria.
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Do management interventions last? Evidence from India
The positive effects of improving management systems persist nine years after management consulting support was provided