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Development economics from research to practice @bjorkmanmartina Mike Callen @caria_stefano @cesicruz @oliverhanney & E Siddique @cepr_org @The_IGC @PEDL_CEPR
London, England
Joined January 2017
📢 We are excited to announce that on Wednesday February 12th, we will release our new #VoxDevLit on Foreign Direct Investment and Development. This living literature review will outline evidence from economic research on the impacts of FDI & MNEs in LMICs.
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Mobile connectivity improves access to land, enabling individuals to use land titles as collateral for bank credit and invest in construction Last week's article on VoxDev examines how this has expanded access to credit and fostered investment in Rwanda:
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How can natural resource tax wealth fuel local economic development? Last week on VoxDev, @BancalariA @TheIFS & @juanpablorud @RHULECON showed how these primarily mining-driven revenues have had a host of economic benefits in non-extractive areas in Peru:
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In Ghana and Nigeria, living within 20 Km of an e-waste dumping site increases child mortality rates by 10-percentage points But, how does this exposure impact child health? Read last week's VoxDev w/ Stefania Lovo & Sam Rawlings to find out:
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Service workers are often evaluated based on customer interactions, with performance frequently measured by overall sales. But, what happens when customers discriminate against female workers? Read last week's article on VoxDev to find out:
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In many LMIC settings, large companies often rely on networks of small distributors who travel by foot to sell consumer goods to otherwise hard-to-reach customers How can flexible financing help boost profits across food supply chains in Kenya? Read here:
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On Wednesday February 12th, at 13:00 GMT, we will be joined by Senior Editors @StefaniaGaretto, @NinaPavcnik @dartmouth & Natalia Ramondo @bu_economics to discuss the key takeaways for policy from their forthcoming VoxDevLit on FDI. Register here:
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In last week's #VoxDevTalks, @salma_mousa_ (@polisciucla) and Lisa Hultman (@UU_Peace) speak on the importance of defining a specific research agenda in generating policy-relevant findings on conflict and peacebuilding:
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Workplace discrimination by customers directly, and negatively, impacts women’s outcomes in the service industry in sub-Saharan Africa.
🆕 Why women in Africa’s services industry must outperform men to overcome customer bias Today on VoxDev, Erin Kelley (@HarrisPolicy), Gregory Lane (@HarrisPolicy), Matthew Pecenco (@Brown_Economics) & Edward Rubin (@uoregon) discuss their research:
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Exposure to microplastics lowers birthweights & damages infant health Last month on VoxDev, @xinmingd @NUSingapore, Shan Zhang @ODU & Eric Zou @MichiganRoss explored the causal link between in-utero exposure to microplastics & low birthweights:
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This week on VoxDev, we featured research on peacebuilding 🕊️, natural resources ⛏️, and workplace discrimination ⚖️ Read a summary of this work now:
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While early microfinance interventions improved borrowing and investment, they often lacked impacts on outcomes such as profits and labour supply Read our #VoxDevLit on #Microfinance to learn how this has changed w/ Jing Cai @MuhammadMeki @simonrquinn:
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Better financial contracts can unlock business growth in Kenya Last week on VoxDev, w/ Francesco Cordaro, Marcel Fafchamps @FSIStanford, Colin Mayer @BlavatnikSchool, @MuhammadMeki @ODID_QEH, Simon Quinn @ImperialBiz & Kate Roll @IIPP_UCL:
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🆕 Why women in Africa’s services industry must outperform men to overcome customer bias Today on VoxDev, Erin Kelley (@HarrisPolicy), Gregory Lane (@HarrisPolicy), Matthew Pecenco (@Brown_Economics) & Edward Rubin (@uoregon) discuss their research:
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In 2008, it took over 300 days to register a land title in Rwanda. But, thanks to large-scale land reform, and the arrival of mobile internet, by 2013, this was down to less than 40 days
🆕 Expanding mobile internet fueled a financial transition in Rwanda Today on VoxDev, w/ Angelo D'Andrea (@bancaditalia), Patrick Hitayezu, Kangni Kpodar (@IMFNews), @NicolaLimodio (@Unibocconi) & @a_presbitero (@IMFNews):
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On Wednesday February 12th, at 13:00 GMT, we will be joined by Senior Editors @StefaniaGaretto, @NinaPavcnik @dartmouth & Natalia Ramondo @bu_economics to discuss the key takeaways for policy from their forthcoming VoxDevLit on FDI. Register here:
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RT @The_IGC: Next Wed 12 Feb, @vox_dev is launching the latest #VoxDevLit—a deep dive into how Foreign Direct Investment shapes economic de…
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What have we learned about microfinance? #VoxDevLit Issue 3 summarises the latest research w/ Jing Cai @MuhammadMeki @simonrquinn Erica Field @JMorduch @_farahsaid @cynthia_kinnan & @jondequidt: Podcast that covers this review:
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🔊 The role of evidence at Development Finance Institutions Last month, Chris Woodruff (@UniofOxford @BritishIntInv) discussed how evidence & research is used in the strategic investment decisions of Development Finance Institutions:
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