… markets and opportunities. However, many communities face social, environmental, and economic barriers that hobble … can constrain access to markets, and crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, food insecurity, and climate change can set back …

… to discuss the measurement of beliefs and gendered social norms, especially those related to women’s economic … “Gender Norms and Women’s Economic Empowerment” workshop Social norms – the informal rules that guide individual … on how norm internalization and cultural context affects programs, while the  MAGNET team deploys innovative tools to …

… markets and firms affect economic growth? On October 19-20, 2023, researchers shared recent findings on this topic …

Making the right choice. By Abhijit V. Banerjee, Selvan Kumar, Rohini Pande , and Felix Su  April 21, 2009 Indians are used to seeing their filmstars sell products on TV but, probably for the first time, one of them is trying to sell informed judgement. …

… and structural transformation are important catalysts for social shifts across nations – but will this shifting … experience, adapt to, and seek to mitigate climate change. Social norms, biology, access to credit, access to … that in order to drive policy towards the most effective programs, the voices of participants and potential …

… could use pilot projects to examine whether using social incentives such as rewarding blocks that reduce … to design policies that align farmer incentives with the social good and then creates the data infrastructure needed …

… of human capital investment and opportunity as a result of social hierarchies can cost economies in the long run. We are … FLFP gap is driven by differences in productivity, social norms, and labor market discrimination To rationalize … Pande on Gender & Economic Growth [ EGC Article, November 19, 2024 ] In the first installment of EGC’s “In …

… impacted at various stages of the flooding event and response cycle. Research based on a historical review of …  – can provide a gateway to facilitate adequate disaster response and support community adaptation approaches and … these alerts, the researchers plan to test the effects of leveraging and including local leaders in the alert outreach …

… have sought to design and deploy cleaner alternatives to improve health and reduce environmental pressures–both in … multiple reasons for stove stacking, and this mirrors existing studies showing a diversity of factors contributing … detect stove stacking when it occurs. Results will help improve our understanding of when and how stoves are used, …

The budget relegated women’s economic participation to secondary importance By  Rohini Pande  and Charity Troyer Moore February 14, 2020 India continues to struggle to provide its women with equal opportunity. On international measures of gender equality, …

Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale and an affiliate of the Economic Growth Center, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research on agricultural supply chains in …