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White paper: Innovation, growth, and the environment

Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
Synthesis paper
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Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Aminul Aman, Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Nikita Sharma, Shahid Vaziralli
Synthesis paper
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Can expert feedback improve SMEs' views of government's regulatory legitimacy? Evidence from Thailand

Allen Hicken, Edmund Malesky, Songkhun Nillasithanukroh, Markus Taussig
Policy brief
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Data and research as key enablers of city outcomes: A case study of the City of Cape Town (2000-2022)

Carol Wright, Natasha Primo, Victoria Delbridge, Kezia Fortuin
Case study
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Sustainable urbanisation in developing countries: Cities as places to innovate, trade, and work

Victoria Delbridge, Oliver Harman, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Tony Venables
Growth brief
Nature and a building complex in Hong Kong

Sustainable urbanisation in developing countries: Cities as places to live

Victoria Delbridge, Oliver Harman, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha, Tony Venables
Growth brief

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Building competitive agricultural markets for Zambia: Unlocking export potential

Simon Roberts, Grace Nsomba

Project report

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The state as an enabler of private sector development in Ethiopia

Biniam Bedasso, Habtamu Legas, Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie

Project report

Bedasso et al Final report September 2022 cover
Tax and financial sector policy: The state as an enabler of private sector development in Ethiopia

Biniam Bedasso, Habtamu Legas, Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie

Policy brief

Bedasso et al Policy brief October 2022
Designing a waste management strategy for tropical developing countries

Shivani Wadehra, Zihan Nie

Policy brief

Wadehra and Nie Policy brief August 2023 cover
Designing a waste management system suitable for developing countries

Shivani Wadehra, Zihan Nie

Working paper

Wadehra and Nie Working paper July 2023 cover
A strategy for resource-led development in Zambia

Eric Werker

Policy brief

Werker Policy brief September 2023
Uganda’s participation in international and regional trade

Jakob Rauschendorfer, Aleksandar Stojanov, Jaime de Melo

Project report

Rauschendorfer et al Final report November 2021 cover
Uganda's participation in international and regional trade: Patterns, prospects, and policy

Jakob Rauschendorfer, Aleksandar Stojanov

Policy brief

Rauschendorfer and Stojanov Policy brief November 2022
What constrains agricultural productivity in Zambia?

Christian Teschemacher, Thandiwe Ng'ombe, Miguel Fajardo Steinhäuser, Shahrukh Wani

Policy paper

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Using direct taxation to boost revenue and tackle inequality: A political economy analysis

Mohammad A. Razzaque, Jillur Rahman, Rabiul Islam Rabi, Deen Islam, Abu Eusuf

Working paper

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