Recent work by Gregory Lane
-
Why women in Africa’s services industry must outperform men to overcome customer bias
Workplace discrimination by customers directly, and negatively, impacts women’s outcomes in the service industry in sub-Saharan Africa.
-
Emergency loans promote climate change adaptation and can be profitable for microfinance institutions
Evidence from a large-scale trial in Bangladesh shows that improving credit access in rural areas helped farmers adapt to flood risks without negative spillovers, and was profitable for microfinance institutions.
-
How providing information can improve safety: Evidence from Kenya’s informal public transit sector
Traffic fatalities linked to informal transit are a disproportionately large cause of death in many low- and middle-income countries, but providing public information can improve safety
-
The effects of monitoring technologies on contracts, employee behaviour, and firms: Evidence from Kenya
Monitoring technologies can improve firm performance, and importantly not at the expense of workers or society