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Event
Firms, markets, and development conference
The Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) program and the Firms research group of the IGC are organising a 2-day conference at the London School of Economics on 14 and 15 December, 2017, with a theme of firms, markets, and development. Nick Bloom, Adnan Khan, and Chris Woodruff will be the organising committee. We welcome submissions of papers...
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Publication - Working Paper
Reaping the benefits of Electronic Billing Machines: Using data-driven tools to improve VAT compliance
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Publication - Policy note
Made in Rwanda: Establishing a publicly available supplier database for Rwanda
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Publication - Policy note
Establishing a Local Content Unit for Rwanda
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Project
Improving supplier development linkages in the ‘Made in Rwanda’ policy: The potential of a Local Content Unit and a Firm Database
The Government of Rwanda has recently drafted a “Made in Rwanda” (MiR) Policy. This seeks to improve the overall trade balance by improving perceptions of Rwandan products within Rwanda, promote nascent industries, and boost productivity of exporting sectors (MINEACOM, 2017). Improving linkages between domestic suppliers and large exporting firms is a critical...
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Blog post
Roads to trade: Connecting mines versus cities in West Africa
A recent project aims to decipher what kind of transport infrastructure West African countries need most to generate economic growth. The relative gains of prioritising internal market potential (cities) versus the export of natural resources (mines to ports) are calculated through a counterfactual comparative analysis with actual road and track building that took place...
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Publication - Project Report
Why are fewer married women joining the work force in rural India? A decomposition analysis over two decades
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Project
Formal evaluation of the Ghana commodities exchange
The goal of this project is to contribute to the study and improvement of agricultural markets in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, this project aims to examine the impact of the introduction of a commodities exchange in a nation without one. The recent establishment of the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX) has generated significant interest at the highest levels of...
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Project
Financing the in-between sector: Designing and evaluating targeted SME lending in Tanzania
Employment growth in Tanzania has been driven by small, often informal, manufacturing firms. Many formal and informal micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are similarly productive to larger formal firms and are likely to have significant growth potential. However, access to finance is one of the main obstacles these firms face. The literature on MSMEs in Africa still...
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Blog post
Financial inclusion: Concepts, issues, and policies for India
The International Growth Centre recently brought out a synthesis paper (Singh 2017) that lays out the basic concepts surrounding financial inclusion, and reviews a wide range of IGC and other studies on financial inclusion. At a workshop organised by the IGC in collaboration with Ideas for India and Indian Statistical Institute, Rohini Pande (Harvard Kennedy School), S....