A growing body of rigorous research shows that financial services innovations can have
important positive impacts on wellbeing, but also…
A majority of the world's impoverished lack adequate access to fi nancial services.
Typically, formal banks do not target the poor because…
We study the impact of international long-distance flights on the global spatial allocation of economic activity. To identify causal…
This paper explores the impact of local government policies and urban plans on home-based workers. It presents recent national data on the…
Technology is a key driver of change, not least in the world of work. Yet little is known about what technologies are used by – or impact…
This is a technical brief on the legal barriers to economic empowerment that women in the informal economy typically face. It is a policy…
Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps at work are central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet too many…
Motivated by our experience in designing a particular social program, skill set signaling for new entrants to the labor market in Peru, we…