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Pricing and water conservation in Bangladesh

The prevalence of fixed prices can explain the low adoption of efficient irrigation technology, but incentivising farmers to convert to marginal pricing does not reduce water usage

Energy & Environment

Ujjayant Chakravorty Manzoor Dar Kyle Emerick

Published

19.06.23

Reducing vulnerability, curbing clientelism: A case study in Brazil

Reducing vulnerability can combat clientelism: Access to rain-fed water cisterns in Brazil decreased citizen requests and votes for incumbents

Institutions & Political Economy

Gustavo Bobonis Paul Gertler Marco Gonzalez-Navarro Simeon Nichter

Published

13.06.23

The power of mentorship: Bridging the information gap to tackle youth unemployment

The ‘Meet your Future’ programme in Uganda improved employment outcomes for young job-seekers by fostering realistic job expectations

Labour Markets

Livia Alfonsi Mary Namubiru Sara Spaziani

Published

02.06.23

Countering diabetes with incentivised lifestyle changes: Evidence from India

Providing small financial incentives for daily steps to at-risk individuals in India encouraged exercise and improved health

Health

Shilpa Aggarwal Rebecca Dizon-Ross Ariel Zucker

Published

01.06.23

Do Indian private school quotas meet their redistributive potential?

Redistributive policies may exclude the poor because they can’t apply, and fixing this requires alleviating multiple constraints

Education

Mauricio Romero Abhijeet Singh

Published

30.05.23

The dynamic effects of cash transfers: Evidence from Liberia and Malawi

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income

Public Economics

Shilpa Aggarwal Jenny Aker Dahyeon Jeong Naresh Kumar David Sungho Park Jonathan Robinson Alan Spearot

Published

22.05.23

Improving consumer information in rural Kenya

Improving consumer information can increase the productivity of smallholder farmers by helping them detect product quality

Agriculture

Eric Hsu Anne Wacera Wambugu

Published

18.05.23

Hitting the jackpot: The high returns of a Malaysia visa lottery for Bangladeshi workers

International migration can be transformative for low-skilled workers and their families, and governments can play important roles to ease the visa intermediation process, lower upfront costs, and ensure safer migration

Migration & Urbanisation

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Iffath Sharif Maheshwor Shrestha

Published

15.05.23

Using technology to improve governance: Evidence from electronic tax filing in Tajikistan

Electronic tax filing lowers compliance costs for firms while reducing the gap in tax revenues between those firms more likely vs less likely to evade

Public Economics

Oyebola Okunogbe Victor Pouliquen

Published

11.05.23