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Healthier Firms for a Stronger Recovery
Andrew Powell
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Liliana Rojas-Suarez
August 03, 2022
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Reinvigorating Impact Evaluation for Global Development
Julia Kaufman et al.
July 19, 2022
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Mainstreaming Evidence Use through Locally Led Development: Recommendations for USAID
Janeen Madan Keller et al.
July 19, 2022
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2022 Global Refugee Work Rights Report
Thomas Ginn et al.
July 28, 2022

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Declining Oil Production Leads to More Democratic Governments
Jørgen J. Andersen et al.
June 25, 2022
We use new, detailed oil data and an event-study design to analyze political change in 36 oil-producing countries that experienced at least 10 years of declining production. We find that when their production starts to decline, they become significantly more democratic, relative to both the overall ...
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How Do African Firms Respond to Unreliable Power? Exploring Firm Heterogeneity Using K-Means Clustering - Working Paper 493
Vijaya Ramachandran et al.
August 20, 2018
While previous studies have found a positive relationship between the reliability of power and firm growth, we find that such a clear relationship seems not to prevail. In other words, some firms are able to cope with an unreliable supply of power while many others do not.
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If You Build It, Will They Consume? Key Challenges for Universal, Reliable, and Low-Cost Electricity Delivery in Kenya - Working Paper 491
Jay Taneja
July 25, 2018
Kenya’s rapid electrification in the past decade has improved the lives of millions, but significant challenges remain. This paper provides analysis that shows electrification can be improved by considering cheaper options that still meet the needs of low consumers and that low consumption is ...
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Is Anyone Listening? Does US Foreign Assistance Target People’s Top Priorities? - Working Paper 348
Ben Leo
December 02, 2013
The United States government has made repeated declarations over the last decade to align its assistance programs behind developing countries’ priorities. By utilizing public attitude surveys for 42 African and Latin American countries, this paper examines how well the US has implemented this ...
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Energy Needs and Efficiency, Not Emissions: Re-framing the Climate Change Narrative - Working Paper 187
Arvind Subramanian
November 09, 2009
The paper proposes a new narrative on climate equity that emphasize basic energy needs and the equality of access to energy opportunities rather than emissions. It advocates abandoning the setting of emissions targets and instead developing a framework where all countries contribute to maximizing te...
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