The positive effects of improving management systems persist nine years after management consulting support was provided

Outcomes for migration lottery winners suggest the economic payoff to moving to a richer country comes immediately and persists for at least a decade

A new personal initiative training programme outperformed traditional business training in increasing profits for informal firms in Togo

Providing information and assistance to informal firms increases formalisation, but the cost of the intervention is likely prohibitively high

An experiment in Nigeria suggests that business plan competitions can effectively identify entrepreneurs capable of utilising capital to spur growth

Studies suggest that vocational training, employment subsidies, and matching programmes have limited effect in increasing employment or wages

Survey of more than 20,000 small firms suggests better business practices are correlated with higher productivity, firm profits, and rates of survival

Better management of Indian firms could lead to massive improvements in productivity and performance