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Rohini Pande appointed the Heinz Professor of Economics

… whose research examines the economic costs and benefits of informal and formal institutions in the developing world and … Growth Center. Pande’s research examines how formal and informal institutions shape power relationships and patterns … Pande’s professional activities include having founded Evidence for Policy Design at Harvard, and serving as a board …

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EPoD in Nepal: Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking

… EPoD in Nepal: Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking … March 23, 2017 | News EPoD in Nepal: Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Policymaking EPoD conducted a series of activities to advance the use of data and evidence in policymaking across South Asia. EPoD Harvard …

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EGC Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2024: EGC & Sub-Saharan Africa, A history of engagement

… spotlight Recent Publications EGC Research Aleh Tsyvinski et al. on the impact of Maoist and pragmatist policies on growth … transformation in China in the 1953–1978 period; Mobarak et al. reporting randomized controlled trial results …

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Diana K. Perez Lopez

… 2021 to July 2023. She worked with Professor Attanasio and Meghir on projects related to early childhood development … 2021 to July 2023. She worked with Professor Attanasio and Meghir on projects related to early childhood development … 2021 to July 2023. She worked with Professor Attanasio and Meghir on projects related to early childhood development …

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Valentina Martinez-Pabon on using fiscal policy to tackle income inequality in Latin America

Valentina Martinez-Pabon on using fiscal policy to tackle income inequality in Latin America … Valentina Martinez-Pabon … Valentina Martinez-Pabon on using fiscal policy to tackle income inequality in Latin …

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Data poverty makes it harder to fix real poverty. That’s why the UN should push countries to gather and share data.

… schemes. Since most taxpayers fail to provide such evidence, the tax administration is unable to undertake basic … works for the Danish public. In a 2011 paper , Kleven et al. used administrative data to show that tax evasion was …

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EGC Voices in Development Podcast

… adaptation Podcast Development Dialogues: The future of evidence-based policymaking and international development … Climate Change & Water Scarcity: Islamul Haque and Mushfiq Mobarak on crafting research based on community needs in … Podcast, Episode 6: Orazio Attanasio and Costas Meghir Photo by Zahrah Abdulrauf Podcast EGC Voices in …

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Rural Banks Can Reduce Poverty: Experimental Evidence from 870 Indian Villages - Household Data

… Rural Banks Can Reduce Poverty: Experimental Evidence from 870 Indian Villages - Household Data … Rural … as part of the KGFS project, which used a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the economic impact of … outstanding and repaid loans, savings accounts and any insurance products; household members’ occupation and …

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"Early Stimulation and Nutrition: The Impacts of a Scalable Intervention"

… of a Scalable Intervention" … Orazio Attanasio … Costas Meghir … Helen Baker-Henningham … Raquel Bernal … Diana …

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Star Power: Maharashtra Starts Rating Industries By Emissions

… Originally published by Evidence for Policy Design on November 26, 2017. Star … , Nicholas Ryan & Anant Sudarshan Originally published by Evidence for Policy Design on November 26, 2017. The … Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), and Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard Kennedy School …

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Evidence on Saudi women’s take-up of unemployment assistance

… Evidence on Saudi women’s take-up of unemployment assistance … Rohini Pande … Yazan Al-Karablieh … Rema Hanna … Evidence on Saudi women’s take-up of unemployment assistance …

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Rural Banks Can Reduce Poverty: Experimental Evidence from 870 Indian Villages - Daily Consumption Survey

… Rural Banks Can Reduce Poverty: Experimental Evidence from 870 Indian Villages - Daily Consumption Survey … as part of the KGFS project, which used a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the economic impact of … livestock, labor, shocks, loans and lenders, savings and insurance, assets, consumption, and household decision …

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Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #5: Gender and Entrepreneurship

… stylized fact without deeper interrogation until Bernhardt et al (2019) revisited the data from the original capital shock … do from policies lowering entry barriers, the empirical evidence is mixed. The authors argue that the absence of …

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Binta Zahra Diop

… economics in Africa. Binta’s work aims to understand migration and location choices of people under constraints, … economics in Africa. Binta’s work aims to understand migration and location choices of people under constraints, … economics in Africa. Binta’s work aims to understand migration and location choices of people under constraints, …

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Looking back on the "Women and the Digital Economy" event

… sector organizations in Delhi, India, to assess available evidence on women and the digital economy. by Ayushi Khare … of SKY beneficiaries living in the capital district in a randomized control trial (RCT). Schaner’s presentation … digital and financial literacy training to women in the informal sector. The presentation focussed on sharing …

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