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Conditional cash transfers: Do they work?

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Do management interventions last?

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

Firms

Nicholas Bloom

Published

13.06.18

Harnessing FDI in Africa

FDI is crucial for creating jobs and ensuring economic growth. John Sutton explains how African countries should attract foreign investment.

Firms

John Sutton

Published

17.05.18

Do business plan competitions work?

A business plan competition successfully identified entrepreneurs capable of effectively utilising capital to grow their business in Nigeria.

Firms

David McKenzie

Published

10.05.18

Ghana’s infrastructure: The mystery of misspending

The primary cause of incomplete infrastructure projects in Ghana is poor financial planning. This video documents the evolution of this study.

Infrastructure

Martin J. Williams

Published

03.05.18

The coffee chain: Linking farmers to the global market

How can smallholder farmers in Africa overcome barriers and export their produce to valuable Western markets?

Agriculture

Rocco Macchiavello

Published

26.04.18

Building effective and functioning cities

Ed Gleaser on why urbanisation is the best way to foster economic growth, and how cities should be planned.

Migration & Urbanisation

Edward Glaeser

Published

17.04.18

Barriers to growth

Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, discusses the key barriers to growth and how to overcome them.

Macroeconomics & Growth

Tony Addison

Published

10.04.18

Building a functional state in difficult places

Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments.

Institutions & Political Economy

Eliana La Ferrara

Published

04.04.18

The global energy challenge

What are 3 key energy challenges the world faces? How can they be overcome?

Energy & Environment

Michael Greenstone

Published

27.03.18

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Do management interventions last?

Harnessing FDI in Africa

Do business plan competitions work?

Ghana’s infrastructure: The mystery of misspending

The coffee chain: Linking farmers to the global market

Building effective and functioning cities

Barriers to growth

Building a functional state in difficult places

The global energy challenge