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Digital Inclusion & Economic Development: Conversations with Pramod Varma, Alix Zwane, and Rohini Pande

… program, discussing the role of digital public infrastructure in economic development. Voices in … for participation in the modern economy. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) enables countries to more effectively … and services through tools such as a digital ID – but the infrastructure alone does not guarantee equal access to those …

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Emma Riley

… as cash transfers and graduation programs, on household welfare and women’s empowerment. She also has studies looking … and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on household welfare. Emma Riley … Emma Riley Assistant Professor of … as cash transfers and graduation programs, on household welfare and women’s empowerment. She also has studies looking …

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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured in The Times of India: “With <1% women being entrepreneurs, India far below global trendline”

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured in The Times of India: “With …

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Improving Transparency to Reduce Industrial Air Pollution in India

… on improved environmental performance. Research on the effects of opening up pollution data to the public What if …

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Universal Gravity

… Universal Gravity … Costas Arkolakis … Treb Allen … Yuta Takahashi … Universal Gravity …

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Enhancing public preschools and women’s socioeconomic advancement in rural Kenya

… their formative years, which can have accruing negative effects. By extending preschool from 4-year-old children to … thus enables credibly capturing both the one- and two-year effects of the intervention on 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds … maternal labor supply, empowerment and overall household welfare through mother and father surveys that capture …

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Development Dialogues: How can emerging economies break free from the sidelines of global trade?

… growth, trade and overall economic growth. The immediate effects for these countries were significant and largely … industrial policies have been effective in enhancing welfare. Developing countries are also closely observing the … others did not. Factors such as institutional quality, infrastructure, labor market flexibility, trade facilitation …

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EGC Voices in Development Podcast, Episode 5: Kevin Donovan

… overnight. Strong economic development requires adequate infrastructure, and individual access to markets and … market dynamics for policy, and the ability of last mile infrastructure such as pedestrian bridges to connect rural … suggest there are big benefits to this type of last mile infrastructure. There are lots of margins that get affected …

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Video: Esther Duflo on addressing the climate inequality crisis, with Nicholas Ryan & Lucas Chancel

… to address these gaping inequalities in the causes and effects of climate change. She argued for a mechanism to … on the challenges of maintaining economic progress, and improvements in human welfare, while remaining within environmental boundaries that …

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Student leaders look back on the inaugural year of an international development club

… salus populi suprema lex esto , which translates to “the welfare of the people should be the supreme law.” The concept … a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, who discussed her work on infrastructure and development in Peru with our fellowship …

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Lauren Falcao Bergquist and coauthors in VoxEU: Quantifying the Effects of Local Agricultural Policy Interventions

… Falcao Bergquist and coauthors in VoxEU: Quantifying the Effects of Local Agricultural Policy Interventions … Lauren … Falcao Bergquist and coauthors in VoxEU: Quantifying the Effects of Local Agricultural Policy Interventions …

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EGC welcomes Aishwarya Ratan as Deputy Director

… initiatives, external engagement, and research and data infrastructure. Julia Luckett Aishwarya Ratan returns to EGC … initiatives, external engagement, and research and data infrastructure, among other responsibilities. Her first day …

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EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions

… change and other environmental risks will have long-term effects on efforts to develop planetary solutions to such …

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BCURE Case: Skills training programs in South Asia

… been providing skills training to rural youth as a type of welfare program aiming to raise employment outside of … identify constraints that hinder take-up. They tested the effects of distance through the random placement of training … set of access constraints, adding safe and reliable transportation to the list (since women might be unwilling to …

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BCURE Case: Data transparency in India's flagship social protection program

… impoverished by the Great Depression by employing them in infrastructure improvements – but with far greater reach, affecting the …

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