In a meta-analysis of 126 impact
evaluation studies, we find that financial education
significantly impacts financial behavior and, to an even
larger extent, financial...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 140709Date: October 1, 2017Author:
Tim Kaiser ;
Lukas Menkhoff
The authors study the role of
traditional norms in land allocation and human capital
investment. The authors exploit a policy experiment in Ghana
that increased the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 122570Date: October 1, 2017Author:
La Ferrara,Eliana ;
Milazzo,Annamaria
Two identical firms who start exporting
in different months, one each in January and December, will
report dramatically different exports for the first calendar
year....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 122569Date: October 1, 2017Author:
Taglioni,Daria ;
Massari,Renzo ;
Reyes,Jose Daniel ;
Bernard,Andrew B. ;
Boler,Esther Ann
Standard business training programs aim
to boost the incomes of the millions of self-employed
business owners in developing countries by teaching basic
financial and...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 121461Date: September 22, 2017Author:
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Frese,Michael Dr. ;
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Mensmann,Mona
With high global demand, economically
valuable mineral resources in remote often forested areas,
such as the Congo Basin, are more likely to become
developed. New infrastructure...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 125343Date: September 20, 2017Author:
Hund,Kirsten Lori ;
Schure,Jolien Maria ;
van der Goesc,Aren
Consumption of food away from home is
rapidly growing across the developing world, and will
continue to do so as GDP per person grows and food systems
evolve. This paper...
The 24-km Dakar Toll Road (Autoroute de
l’Avenir Dakar – Dianmiadio), built to solve severe
congestion problems, was inaugurated in 2013 on schedule and
below budget....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123212Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Graftieaux,Pierre
Almost all firms in developing countries
have fewer than ten workers, with a modal size of one. Are
there potential high-growth entrepreneurs, and can public
policy...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 122575Date: August 1, 2017Author:
Mckenzie,David J.
Hayek (1945) argues that local
information is key to understanding the efficiency of
alternative economic systems and whether production should
be centralized or decentralized....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 122574Date: August 1, 2017Author:
Ma,Guangrong ;
Huang,Zhangkai ;
Li,Lixing ;
Xu,Lixin Colin
A survey of participants in a
large-scale business plan competition experiment, in which
winners received an average of US dollar 50,000 each, is
used to elicit ex post...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 134669Date: June 20, 2017Author:
Mckenzie,David J.
How do managers structure e-government
projects and address challenges of risks, lackof technical
expertise, and mitigation of strategic error for preventing
loss of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123224Date: June 7, 2017Author:
Ojha,Shashank ;
Pandey,I.M.
Although substantial progress has been
made in reducing child and maternal deaths in the past
fifteen years, many women and children in low- and
middle-income countries...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 161518Date: May 9, 2017Author:
Kruk,Margaret Elizabeth ;
Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi ;
Mbarukub,Godfrey ;
Lesliea,Hannah H
Emerging evidence demonstrates migration
may be used by individuals in the southern hemisphere to
adapt to environmental changes. The authors build upon
recent work...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 122568Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Niu,Chiyu ;
Mueller,Valerie Martina ;
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Caruso,German Daniel
An effective continuum of maternal care
ensures that mothers receive essential health packages from
pre-pregnancy to delivery, and postnatally, reducing the
risk of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 161484Date: May 1, 2017Author:
Chukwuma,Adanna Deborah Ugochi ;
Wosu, Adaeze C. ;
Mbachu, Chinyere ;
Weze, Kelechi
Reducing child undernutrition is a key
social policy objective of the Ethiopian government.Despite
substantial reduction over the last decade and a half, child
undernutrition...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 123246Date: April 14, 2017Author:
Pave Sohnesen,Thomas ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Fisker,Peter Simonsen ;
Andrew,Colin ;
Khan,Qaiser M.
Using data from the Groningen growth and
development center’s Africa sector database and the
demographic and health surveys, the authors show that much
of Africa’s recent...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 140507Date: April 6, 2017Author:
Diao,Xinshen ;
Harttgen,Kenneth ;
Mcmillan,Margaret S.
This study uses the latest 2011 round of
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey for
the Russian Federation to take a closer look at
regional-level factors...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 115267Date: April 6, 2017Author:
Sharafutdinova,Gulnaz ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
Migration and trade are often linked
through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study
uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian
technology differences...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 141620Date: April 5, 2017Author:
Kerr,William Robert
The income generated from parental
migration can increase funds available for children’s
education. In countries where informal payments to teachers
are common migration...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 141619Date: April 4, 2017Author:
Lisa Sofie Hockel ;
Duarte Santos Silva,Manuel Pedro ;
Stohr,Tobias
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