PEDL | Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries

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PEDL is a joint research initiative of CEPR and FCDO

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PEDL offers a competitive research grants scheme for projects related to the behaviour of firms in low-income countries that aim to better understand what determines the strength of market forces driving efficiency in these countries. Since the launch of the initiative in 2011, PEDL has awarded 225 Exploratory Grants and 43 Major Grants. PEDL-funded projects have produced 72 refereed journal publications, including 15 in the top five journals in economics. We expect the flow of publications to increase as more of the 106 working papers from existing projects make their way through the publication process.

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6th PEDL Synthesis Paper Released

PEDL has published a new paper as part of its Synthesis Paper Series entitled "The Economic Impact of Internet Connectivity in Developing Countries".

News

19 Aug 2021

2nd CDC MRG Call on Development Finance, EOI Deadline: 1 October 2021

The 2nd CDC MRG Call on Development Finance under the PEDL initiative is now open.

News

19 Aug 2021

New VoxDevLit on Microfinance

VoxDev has released a new VoxDevLit on Microfinance from Jing Cai, Muhammad Meki and Simon Quinn.

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13 May 2021

New VoxDevLit on Training Entrepreneurs from PEDL's Scientific Coordinator

We are delighted to announce the release of a new VoxDevLit from PEDL Scientific Coordinator, Chris Woodruff, alongside David McKenzie at the World Bank.

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26 Jan 2021

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Latest Research Projects

Empowering the measurement of economic growth on the ground: Exploring energy use and enterprise behaviours in Dhaka

This project will construct a database of the energy use of manufacturing enterprises in Dhaka to identify firm growth and economic outcomes over time and space.

Research Project

29 Jun 2021

The Effect of Warehouse Receipt Finance on Terms of Trade for Farmers

This project will examine the effect of warehouse receipt financing on terms of trade for farmers in India.

Research Project

29 Jun 2021

Effects of Referring Business Partners on Firm Networks and Performance

This project employs a field experiment with 800 firms in China to evaluate the impact of referring business partners on firms in the industry producing the Chinese writing brush.

Research Project

1 Feb 2021

How Do Managers’ Beliefs about New Technologies Evolve? Informational Interventions and the Adoption of Energy-Efficient Stitching Motors in Bangladesh

This project will examine how managers respond to information about new technologies and how successful they are in updating their beliefs.

Research Project

1 Feb 2021

Price Setting Behaviour in Economic Community of West African States: Some Stylized Facts

This study analysed the stylized facts that characterised price-setting behaviour in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Working Paper

7 Sep 2021

Domestic and International Trade Flows during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Kenya’s Private Sector

C-19 Note

27 Aug 2021

The Economic Impact of Internet Connectivity in Developing Countries

Firms, workers, and consumers in developing countries are increasingly connected to each other and the rest of the world through the internet. Can this connectivity transform poor economies, as techno-optimists hope, or are there more deeply rooted barriers to economic development?

Synthesis Paper

19 Aug 2021