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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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A new approach to microfinance

Pushkar Maitra, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Alberto Motta, Sujata Visaria

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Biometric payment systems and welfare benefits

Karthik Muralidharan, Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar

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Transforming slums by using access to finance

Jane Weru

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From boom to bust: Avoiding economic ‘growth reversals’ in Africa

Leigh Gardner, Stephen Broadberry

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Is vote-buying always bad for development?

Pedro Vicente, Charles Beck

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How employees’ personality types affect productivity

Michael Callen, Arman Rezaee

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Getting the 'sand' out of Africa's food system

Daniel Bromley

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Doing business with corruption

Sandra Sequeira

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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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Ideas for India

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

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