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Publication - Project Report
Gender peer effects in the workplace: A field experiment in call centres in India
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Publication - Policy Brief
Does the gender of your co-worker matter? Evidence from call centres in India
Several theories suggest that gender integration in the workplace may have negative effects in gender-segregated societies. This study presents results from a randomised controlled trial conducted in India on the effect of gender integration on employee productivity. The study was implemented in call centres located in five Indian cities. A total of 765 employees...
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Publication - Project Report
The resilience of informal labour markets
This project studies labour relations in informal economies where there are no written contracts, employment benefits, or protection for workers. ‘Informality’ is a defining characteristic of labour markets in most developing countries, making the study of employment relationships and related policy challenges especially difficult due to the paucity of administrative...
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Publication - Project Report
Promoting trade and investment in Sierra Leone
This report seeks to review and analyse some of the issues related to Sierra Leone's economy with a view to promoting trade and inclusive growth.
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Publication - Project Report
Job portals and labour market frictions
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Publication - Policy Brief
Improving public services: A case study of two not-for-profit companies in Punjab
Over the past decade, the Government of Punjab set up a number of government-owned public companies under Section 42 of the Companies Act 2017 to deliver specific public services such as waste management, public transport, infrastructure development, and skills training with the legal and financial autonomy necessary for efficiency and transparency. The experience...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Complementarities in the provision of public services: Evidence from Zambia
This study seeks to understand how the construction of new health facilities affects population health, focusing on health outcomes related to obstetric care and child mortality when the first facility is established in a local area. Researchers built a new geo-referenced panel data set containing the universe of health facilities in Zambia by combining health...
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Publication - Project Report
Incentives in support of the agricultural sector in the East African Community (EAC)
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Publication - Working Paper
The rental market in an industrialising city: Working paper
In this paper we present new descriptive evidence from a unique survey of landlords carried out in the industrialising city of Hawassa, Ethiopia. In 2017, Hawassa saw the creation of a large industrial park employing today over 20,000 workers. We show that the rental market appears to be fairly competitive: most of the rental housing is offered by private landlords who own...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Making training programmes more effective: Evidence from the DDU-GKY programme in India
To tackle youth unemployment, the Indian government implements large-scale training programmes combined with job placement. The effectiveness of these programmes is hampered by high drop-out rates.
Publication - Policy paper
Scaling energy investments in fragile states
Expanding energy access in fragile contexts is critical for these settings to recover from COVID-19 and escape fragility. This policy paper accompanies the call to action issued by the Council on State Fragility and g7+ on ‘Powering up energy investments in fragile states’, which calls for a new approach for scaling energy access in fragile contexts.