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Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial in Africa (Working Paper)

Working paper 4 Sep 2014 State and Tax

Authors

Oriana Bandiera

Sir Anthony Atkinson Chair in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Niklas Buehren

Economist, World Bank

Robin Burgess

Director, IGC and Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Markus Goldstein

Lead Economist, World Bank

Selim Gulesci

Assistant Professor in Economics, Bocconi University

Imran Rasul

Professor of Economics, University College London

Munshi Sulaiman

Director of Research, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
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