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Publication - Policy Brief
Public perception of Chinese investment in Myanmar and its political consequences: A survey experimental approach
This study seeks to understand the determinants of public perceptions of Chinese investment projects in Myanmar. We asked respondents to read invented news stories describing scenarios with varying types of investment and compared the reactions of different groups. We also conducted a Facebook-based survey to understand how university students in Myanmar view...
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Project
Improving teaching and learning: Experiments on teacher incentives and training in Uganda
In low-income countries, primary school students often fall far below grade level and primary dropout rates remain high. Further, in some countries, educators encourage their weaker students to dropout before reaching the end of primary school. These educators hope to avoid the negative attention that authorities direct to a school when its students perform poorly on the...
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Publication - Working Paper
Educator incentives and educational triage in rural primary schools
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Publication - Policy Brief
School performance: The role of early stage learning environments
Research shows Ghana’s schools are some of the lowest performing in the world. Students reportedly struggle in the areas of problem solving, reasoning, and using concepts. These skills are thought to be important for low-income economies because they promote innovation and enhance workers’ skills. This brief evaluates the influence of the school learning...
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Project
Case studies: Private enterprises in fragile situations
This IGC country case study series explores the relationship between the private sector, state fragility, and conflict in fragile environments. The case studies analyse how fragility and conflict shape economic activity and private sector development, and vice versa, in these countries. They also draw lessons from these countries' experiences and discuss the outlook for...
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Publication - Project Report
Private enterprises in fragile situations: Myanmar
This IGC country case study explores the relationship between the private sector, state fragility, and conflict in Myanmar.
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Publication - Project Report
On the mechanics of the political resource curse
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Publication - Project Report
Myanmar remittances
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Publication - Project Report
The realities of cross-border trade from Sierra Leone to other Mano River countries
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Publication - Working Paper
Enforcement in Value Added Tax: Is third party verification effective?