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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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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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View of downtown Nairobi
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
Public versus private: The impact of source on air quality information in Pakistan

Isra Imtiaz, Shotaro Nakamura, Sanval Nasim, Arman Rezaee

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Commuters during heavy smog in Lahore
Gender equality
Empowering women through urban transport: Lessons from Lahore

Hina Amber, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Ayesha Hussain

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Women in public transport in Lahore
The demand for air quality information and forecast training in urban Pakistan

Husnain Fateh Ahmad, Matthew Gibson, Fatiq Nadeem, Sanval Nasim, Arman Rezaee

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Man sells corn to customers amid road full of smog in Lahore
How online job portals can help smaller firms hire top talent

A Nilesh Fernando, Niharika Singh, Gabriel Tourek

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Women working at a call center in Noida India
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Research-based analysis and commentary on Indian growth and development to promote more evidence-based policy.

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