Child stunting in India exceeds that in poorer regions like sub-Saharan Africa. Data on over 168,000 children show that, relative to Africa…
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban…
We use a unique set of nationally representative data of adults from ten developing countries and a unique measure of literacy - a direct…
While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level…
Several field experiments find positive returns to grants for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But, these analyses largely overlook…
Albanian migrants in Greece were particularly affected by the Greek crisis, which spurred a wave of return migration that increased Albania…
Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on the ability of women at various levels of schooling attainment on the ability of…
A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.…