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Woman holds baby near makeshift tents in Gaza
Gender equality

Why conflict hurts women most and the need for coordinated interventions

Helene Donnat
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Commercial Bank of Ethioipia lobby
Gender equality

Is discrimination in access to capital behind gender gaps in business in Ethiopia?

Ketki Sheth, Shanthi Manian
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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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Mother holds child while health worker administers an immunisation shot
Gender equality

Women and health in India

Nalini Gulati
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Women bricklayers repair bridge in Bangladesh
Gender equality

Paternalistic gender discrimination: Evidence from labour markets in Bangladesh

Nina Caroline Buchmann, Carl Meyer, Colin D. Sullivan
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A woman sewing a pillow cover with a machine in Pakistan.
Gender equality

What prevents women’s labour force participation in Pakistan?

Sakina Shibuya, Zunia Saif Tirmazee
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India: Chasing the dragon?

Chetan Ghate, Peter Robertson

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Reducing trade costs

Bernard Hoekman, Ben Shepherd

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Fighting poverty with soap operas

Eliana La Ferrara

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How bad data fed the Ebola epidemic

Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri, Herbert M'cleod

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How mobile money is revolutionising banking in Africa

Sebastian Wolf

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Big and small ideas in development economics

Kaushik Basu, Karthik Muralidharan

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How coffee can drive economic growth

John Spray

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The age of sustainable development

Jeffrey Sachs

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Solar power for street vendors

David Szakonyi, Johannes Urpelainen

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Entrepreneurial solutions for African development

Mthuli Ncube

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Ideas for India

Research-based analysis and commentary on Indian growth and development to promote more evidence-based policy.

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