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Brenda Samaniego de la Parra

  • University of California- Santa Cruz

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University of California- Santa Cruz

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Do search frictions in the retail sector cause upstream misallocation?

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Ajay Shenoy 31 Mar 2026
Project
Women selling vegetables in a market in Lusaka

Measuring and transferring retail productivity: Evidence from a structural model and a mentorship intervention in Zambia

Heather Huntington, Ajay Shenoy, Brenda Samaniego de la Parra
Project

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An image of a Zambian market. Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA AFP via Getty Images.

Diagnosing the barriers to retail sector productivity in Zambia

Ajay Shenoy, Heather Huntington, Brenda Samaniego de la Parra
Blog
Report cover page

Do search frictions in retail cause upstream misallocation? Evidence from Zambia

Sanjana Gupta, Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Ajay Shenoy
Policy brief
Policy brief measuring and estimating retail productivity

Measuring and estimating retail productivity

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Ajay Shenoy
Policy brief
Samaniego and Shenoy working paper  September 2024 cover

Measuring and estimating retail productivity

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, Ajay Shenoy
Working paper

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