Training girls in Zambia to negotiate saw them use strategies to secure household resources to stay in school longer, even in the face of poverty

Contrary to common belief, the practice of bride price in DRC does not negatively affect women

The capacity of Brazilian local governments to source tax revenue has a greater impact on education and corruption than external transfers

A local government information technology reform, designed to monitor and disperse money to beneficiaries, managed to indirectly reduce corruption

What are the trade-offs between unemployment benefits and severance pay?

Evidence from Nigeria suggests that edutainment can promote safer sexual practices and reach a large portion of the population at a low cost

How do cash transfers impact prices? Evidence from rural Mexico

Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE, discusses the importance of a healthy private sector in the recovery of fragile economies.

Management interventions are shown to have significant and positive short-term effects. But do these effects still persist 8 years later?