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Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) - a joint research initiative of @cepr_org and the @FCDOGovUK, funding research projects in LICs.
Based in London, UK
Joined September 2013
The Finance & Entrepreneurship Theme of the PEDL programme invites submissions for a workshop on AI, Finance, and Entrepreneurship to be held in person on June 16-18 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya. More information available here:
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Edward Wiles (@MIT) and @DeivyHoueix (@MIT) studies the potential of smartphone ownership and social media usage to alleviate search and trust frictions along the supply chain.
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @gharadbryan (@LSEEcon), @deankarlan (@NorthwesternU) and @adammosman (@UofIllinois) published by the #AmericanEconomicReview.
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by Soeren J. Henn, Christian Mastaki Mugaruka, @mortiz217, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra and @david_wqh published by The Review of Economic Studies.
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Gauthier Marchais, Christian Mastaki Mugaruka, @mortiz217, Raul Sanchez de la Sierra and @david_wqh analyses the role of community in the rise of militias.
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @erinmunrokelley (@UChicago), Gregory Lane (@UChicago) and @davidfromterra (@ucsc) introduces monitoring devices into commuter minibuses in Kenya and randomises access to the data. #Monitoring
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @DeivyHoueix (@MITecon) explores the trade-off between data observability and digital payment technology adoption by the Senegalese taxi industry. #DigitalPayment #AsymmetricInformation
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Azhar Hussain (@LSEEcon) estimates the immediate effects of flooding on key economic variables in Indonesia. #Flooding #Firms #ClimateChange
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @PatrickAgte (@YaleEGC), Arielle Bernhardt (@MIT), Erica Field (@DukeEcon), Rohini Pande (@YaleEGC) and Natalia Rigol (@HarvardHBS) published by the American Economic Review. #ChildrenEducation #Microenterprise
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Yuen Ho (@UCBerkeley) and Yihong Huang (@PKU1898) examines supervisor discretion in the selection of workers for promotion to managerial positions. #Discretion #Promotion
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @CarolynPelnik (@TuftsUniversity) studies spatial misallocation of entrepreneurs within the city of Kampala, Uganda. #SpatialMisallocation #Mobility #Frictions
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @YunyuShu (@Brown_Economics) and Jiayue Zhang (@Brown_Economics) studies how information shapes adaptation under different subsidy schemes for cocoa farmers in Ghana. #ClimateAdaptation #Cocoa
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Jing Cai (@UofMaryland), Wei Lin (@cuhksz) and Adam Szeidl (@ceu) investigates the impact of firm-to-firm referrals. #ProfessionalNetworks #Referrals
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @f_germann (@NotreDame), Stephen J. Anderson (@TAMU), Pradeep Chintagunta (@ChicagoBooth) and Naufel Vilcassim (@LSEManagement) studying mentor gender impact on female entrepreneurs. #FemaleEntrepreneurs #Mentorship
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RT @Oxford_CSAE: 📣🎉REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the CSAE Conference 2025 #OxCSAE2025. Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Afr….
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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @abiola1864 investigates if personalised digital record-keeping support for small firms in developing countries can increase the likelihood of digital record adoption and enhance the accuracy of profit tracking over time.
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by Wycliffe Oluoch (@witsbschool) and Kalu Ojah (@UCTGSB) examines financial market development from the perspective of the microstructure of corporate bond markets, and its efficiency effects on cost of debt in Africa.
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New #PEDLResearchNote by Eyoual Demeke (Policy Studies Institute), Asha Sundaram (@AucklandUni) and Tewodros Tesemma (Policy Studies Institute) examines the weak take-up of digital payment technologies among MSMEs in developing countries. #DigitalPayment
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by Jing Cai (@UofMaryland) and Adam Szeidl (@ceu) published by the #AmericanEconomicReview. The authors investigate the indirect effects of access to finance. #AccesstoFinance #IndirectEffects
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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @XinshenD (@IFPRI), Mia Ellis (@IFPRI), Margaret McMillan (@TuftsUniversity) and @rodrikdani (@Kennedy_School) sheds light on Africa's manufacturing puzzle. #Manufacturing #LaborForce #Growth
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