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Implementing industrial policy effectively: Lessons from shipbuilding in China

Industrial policy in China aimed to make the country’s shipbuilding industry a world leader. Comprehensive data on shipyards worldwide reveals the huge scale of this policy, which boosted China's domestic investment, entry, and world market share dra...

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Panle Jia Barwick Myrto Kalouptsidi Nahim Bin Zahur

Published

28.05.24

Comparing approaches to breaking the poverty trap by promoting entrepreneurship

Cash grants and a multifaceted entrepreneurship programme both had temporary impacts on young women’s income in Nairobi, Kenya, but only the more holistic approach led to long-term improvements in wellbeing

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Andrew Brudevold-Newman Maddalena Honorati Gerald Ipapa Pamela Jakiela Owen Ozier

Published

09.05.24

How are manufacturing firms organised in Uganda?

Even large manufacturing firms in Uganda resemble groups of self-employed workers, which limits the gains to scaling these firms

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Vittorio Bassi Jung Hyuk Lee Alessandra Peter Tommaso Porzio Ritwika Sen Esau Tugume

Published

19.03.24

AI, entrepreneurship and development

How can generative AI help entrepreneurs in developing countries?

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Rembrand M. Koning

Published

14.02.24

How the wage-setting power of firms shapes Peru’s economy

Labour market power hinders development by suppressing wage employment and also fostering a dependence on self-employment that undermines the effectiveness of policies aiming to boost wages and wage employment

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Francesco Amodio Pamela Medina Monica Morlacco

Published

02.01.24

Relationship-focused buyers improved bottom lines for Bangladeshi garment manufacturers

The sourcing strategies of global buyers can have profound implications for suppliers in low-income countries. Using novel data, research in the garment sector reveals how global buyers differ in their approach to sourcing and why that matters for su...

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Julia Cajal Grossi Rocco Macchiavello Guillermo Noguera

Published

18.12.23

Fishing communities in Brazil overcame middlemen to break a poverty trap

Remote fishing communities in Brazil received low prices for their fish, were unable to afford productive investments, and therefore remained in poverty. By collectively purchasing boats they overcame the market power of intermediaries and broke the ...

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Viva Bartkus Wyatt Brooks Joseph Kaboski Carolyn Pelnik

Published

10.11.23

Improving frontline courts in India spurred local economic development

Increasing judicial staffing in frontline courts lowers the pending backlog of legal cases and enables capital stuck in litigation to be put to more productive uses, which increases access to working capital for local firms and improves firm producti...

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Manaswini Rao

Published

19.09.23

China does not pick – or create – winners when giving subsidies to firms

What is the relationship between the allocation of government subsidies and total productivity for Chinese listed firms?

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Lee Branstetter Guangwei Li Mengjia Ren

Published

29.08.23