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Gender equality

Why conflict hurts women most and the need for coordinated interventions

Helene Donnat
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A farmer harvests wheat crop at a field in Faridabad
Climate priorities in developing countries

A green fund to finance India's sustainable growth

Parikshit Ghosh
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People are seen near the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltf. plant in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Ghaziabad, India on May 05, 2022.
Climate priorities in developing countries

The why and how of environmental protection: Evidence from India

Nalini Gulati
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Climate priorities in developing countries

Eight questions for sustainable growth

Allegra Saggese, Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann
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Climate priorities in developing countries

How women leaders save the environment: Evidence from crop fires in India

Maulik Jagnani, Meera Mahadevan
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Climate priorities in developing countries

How investing in human capital can help adapt to climate change

Tim Dobermann
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كيف يمكن للدين أن يشجع النساء على الحفاظ على المياه في الأردن؟

Giulia Buccione, Camilla Sacchetto, Salma Shaheen

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A woman stands behind a sitting man next to a cistern and a mural on a temporary shelter showing a dripping tap with a caption reading in Arabic "Water = Life", at the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan.
Gender equality
How religion can encourage women to conserve water in Jordan

Giulia Buccione, Camilla Sacchetto, Salma Shaheen

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A woman stands behind a sitting man next to a cistern and a mural on a temporary shelter showing a dripping tap with a caption reading in Arabic "Water = Life", at the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan.
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What prevents women’s labour force participation in Pakistan?

Sakina Shibuya, Zunia Saif Tirmazee

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A woman sewing a pillow cover with a machine in Pakistan.
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Paternalistic gender discrimination: Evidence from labour markets in Bangladesh

Nina Caroline Buchmann, Carl Meyer, Colin D. Sullivan

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Women bricklayers repair bridge in Bangladesh
Evaluating economic gains to urban investments and policies: Introducing IGC’s Cities Spatial Model

Victoria Delbridge, Maria del Mar Gómez, Nick Tsivanidis, Román David Zárate

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Bus rapid transit system in Bogota
The economics of urban planning: Why land and labour markets matter

Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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Using technology to improve local revenue collection: Evidence from Malawi

Victoria Delbridge, Lennart Fleck, Dyson Jangia

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Blantyre Streets
Climate priorities in developing countries
IGC’s Head of Communications reflects on COP28

Annelise Andersen

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IGC at COP28
Insights from the 2023 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference

Atl Castro Asmussen

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Chris Woodruff, Dean Karlan, Liz Lloyd, Adnan Khan
Designing a public transit network: Evidence from Jakarta, Indonesia

Arya Gaduh, Tilman Graff, Rema Hanna, Gabriel Kreindler, Benjamin Olken

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Commuters in Jakarta
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