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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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Female empowerment in the Bangladeshi garment industry

Filippo Sebastio

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(Mis)Leading attack on MNREGA

Dilip Abreu, Pranab Bardhan, Maitreesh Ghatak, Ashok Kotwal, Dilip Mookherjee, Debraj Ray

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How to plan for a post-Ebola West Africa

Rachel Glennerster

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A conversation on Bihar

Karthik Muralidharan

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Why the firstborn is more likely to succeed in life

Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande

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Financing Africa’s Future

Donald Kaberuka

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A ‘perfect storm’ for ending undernutrition

Lawrence Haddad

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Putting undernutrition higher on the political agenda

Lawrence Haddad

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Investing in Nigeria’s youth bulge

Oluwasola E. Omoju, Terfa W. Abraham

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Who benefits from aid-for-trade?

Philipp Hühne, Birgit Meyer, Peter Nunnenkamp

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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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