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Can managers boost development?
Why a country is rich or poor may be explained by the quality of its managers. Can better management practices improve firm productivity?
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Job security or flexibility?
A study in urban India reveals that workers would be willing to reduce their wages for greater job security while also incorporating flexibility
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Industrial policies in production networks
The industrial sectors a government chooses to support are critical to development by inducing ripple effects on production networks at large
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Does technology hinder development?
Low-income countries are disadvantaged by the introduction of new technologies due to being unable to access skilled employment opportunities
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Is poverty self-perpetuating?
A cash transfer experiment in Bangladesh targeting the ultra-poor reveals that complementary assets are key in escaping poverty
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What happens when a better-educated generation gets involved in local politics?
How an education reform in Indonesia resulted in better public service delivery
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Do apprenticeships work?
Evidence from Uganda suggests that vocational training is more effective in tackling youth unemployment than apprenticeships
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Old habits die hard: Nutrition in India
In India, the main issue that people are facing is not a deficit of calories but it is a deficit in nutrients. How can this be changed?
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How inheritance reform can hurt education
Evidence from Ghana shows that policy reforms on land titling and land rights have implications beyond their impact on agricultural productivity