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16th Call for ERG Proposals, Deadline: July 31, 2014 - CLOSED

The 16th Round of the Exploratory Research Grants under the PEDL initiative is now closed. Proposals for the 16th call must have been submitted by 5pm GMT on July 31st, 2014.

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Can social media alleviate search and trust frictions in imports?

Search and trust frictions have historically made it hard for small firms in lower-income countries to buy inputs from foreign markets. Consider a clothing wholesaler in Senegal, who wants to start selling high quality European-made jeans.

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Relational Frictions Along the Supply Chain: Evidence from Senegalese Traders

Search and trust frictions have historically made it hard for small firms in lower income countries to buy inputs from foreign markets. The growth in smartphone ownership and social media usage has the potential to alleviate these barriers.

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Firms' willingness to compete and consumers' willingness to search in urban areas in low-income countries

In this project, the research team studies how firms compete and how consumers respond to price changes. The study takes place in Mwanza, Tanzania’s second-largest city and focuses on small, urban firms selling maize flour, an important staple food in this region.  

 

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Relational Frictions Along the Supply Chain: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment Among Senegalese Traders

This project is a randomised controlled trial designed to quantify and decompose the frictions in international trade (information asymmetries and contracting barriers) among Senegalese importers, using the derived estimates to understand relationship formation along the international supply chain.

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