Many developing country governments determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs using censuses of household assets. Does this distort…
High pollution persists in many developing countries despite strict environmental rules. We use a field experiment and a structural model…
Today in India, 67% percent of men own mobile phones, but only 33% percent of women do. South Asian countries in general are clear outliers…
Mining industries form a significant share of the industrial landscape of many poor countries. At the same time, mining activities have…
We test for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country by experimentally allocating unconditional cash…
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread worldwide, and are designed to promote comprehensive human capital investments in…
Female labor force participation varies significantly even among countries with similar levels of economic development. Recent studies have…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…