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    A roundup of all the research from the NEUDC 2022 development economics conference
    … school lunches in India, children have lower likelihood of anemia, higher hemoglobin levels, but no differences in … are 4 percentage points (6.9 percent) less likely to default on their loan, while forbearance has no effect on … and electricity usage at African Development Bank (AfDB) sites. (World Bank sites already had lots of inspections, so …
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    Using Community-led Audits to Improve Social Protection in India
    … Audits to Improve Social Protection in India … UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok Using Community-led Audits to … of paid “workfare” through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) – the world’s … oversight, accountability, and transparency while raising awareness and expanding access to those who need the program …
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    A group of women attend a village assembly meeting. UN Women/Gaganjit Singh Chandok
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    Advancing research in community: Postdoctoral scholars present their work
    … countries die from treatable conditions every year. In rural India, 40% of deceased adults received no medical … that in the vast majority of cases, at least one woman was among the three highest ranked candidates, and the quota thus … Mizrachi attributes this behavior to consumers’ limited awareness of personal impact and the idea of “moral …
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    A man in a white shirt points to a slide during a presentation to a classroom of economics researchers Megan Wright
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    March 21, 2017: Mutual Learning
    … first appeared in Republica on March 21, 2017. When women make their own money—or even when they have the option … industry. Delaying family life brings its own benefits: women face less domestic violence when they marry later and … and the expansion in non-agricultural home-based work for rural women, attributed in part to the microfinance …
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    Graph of female, male labor force participation ratio per Log GNI Per Capita
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    How the microcredit contract can allow borrowers to share risk
    … for repayment. Group members are treated as being in default when at least one of them fails to repay, effectively … repayment rates, hence reducing the lender’s risk. The fact that joint-liability loans can also have a risk-sharing …
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    Times of India covers Rohini Pande's research on women and banking
    … India . Times of India covers Rohini Pande's research on women and banking … September 13, 2017 | In the News Times of India covers Rohini Pande's research on women and banking Rohini Pande's research found that women who received wages in their own bank accounts worked …
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    Rohini Pande
    … American Economic Association for promoting the success of women in the economics profession and the 2022 Infosys Prize … working with Indian state governments on gender-inclusive rural development and digital policies and with Inclusion … Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital among Female Microentrepreneurs Household Matters: Revisiting …
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    Portrait of Rohini Pande Dan Renzetti
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    Ayush Jain
    … the welfare impacts of providing mobile phone access to rural women. He has previously worked with several researchers and … the welfare impacts of providing mobile phone access to rural women. He has previously worked with several …
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    Ayush Jain
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    Pande and coauthors: New data on India's migrant workers and Covid-19
    … between these remigrants and those who remained in rural areas. Remigrants reported weekly earnings of  Rs. 2400 … higher over the months following the nationwide lockdown among those not able to access rations: almost 29% percent of … policy efforts should maintain a deliberate focus on women. Almost a full year after the pandemic, only 47% of …
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #4: Gendered Beliefs, Norms, and Work
    … believe travelling home from work at night is unsafe for women.  The authors conduct two experiments, one on the … support for both policies, particularly support among men; in more gender-equal countries, people … support for affirmative action, particularly support among women, and underestimate support for basic rights. …
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    A graph showing the percentage of women hired by transport information and subsidy assignment