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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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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
Ideas matter
Zambia's pathways to growth

Shahrukh Wani, Thandiwe Ng'ombe, Christian Teschemacher, Benjamin Shawa, Niels Mulder, Rory Hardie

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Man walks on the top of fermentation box during coffee washing at the Mubuyu farm coffee factory in Zambia
Reducing the gender financing gap: Getting more capital for women-led startups

Nathaly Botero

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Women-led start up in Cape Town, South Africa
Climate priorities in developing countries
Commentary on climate change: Highlights from the IGC Blog

Nikita Sharma

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Floods in South Sudan displace refugees
Climate priorities in developing countries
Navigating climate justice in the aftermath of Pakistan’s 2022 floods

Hina Shaikh

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Flood victims evacuated on a boat in Pakistan
Climate priorities in developing countries
Eight questions for sustainable growth

Allegra Saggese, Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann

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Woman sits next to an installation of solar panels
Ideas matter
Economic impacts of climate change in Uganda

Mphatso Kumwenda

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Kisoro, Uganda - heavy rains and flooding caused landslides in May affecting settlements
Boosting female entrepreneurship and export activity: Lessons from a women-only SME consortia in Tunisia

Florian Münch, Fabian Scheifele, Amira Bouziri

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Woman collects citrus in Tunis and is holding basket
Ideas matter
UK Government’s new White Paper and doing development differently

Jonathan Leape

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Technician walking on solar roof in Kenya
Ideas matter
Uganda’s economic resilience amidst global shocks

Hoziane Amen

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TotalEnergies worker at well pad in Western Uganda
Ideas for India

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

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