Recent work by Dilip Mookherjee
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Decentralised governance in developing countries
What do we know about the impacts of decentralised governance in developing countries?
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Market power versus supply chain regulations: Lessons from Bangladesh
A ban on intermediary oil traders, intended to reduce their market power, backfired: prices rose 10% as wholesalers lost intermediary trade credit
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Using intermediaries to deliver credit
A study in India suggests that private traders have a potentially valuable role to play as intermediaries for agricultural development interventions
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Do property rights exacerbate son preference?
Affording tenants in India property rights on the land they farmed exacerbated son preference, resulting in fewer girls surviving to the age of one
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Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China
Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish
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Middleman margins and market structure in West Bengal potato supply chains
Powerful middlemen in India enjoy large margins, but price gains do not pass through to farmers