6th Special ERG Call on Climate Change (CLOSED - Deadline: 2nd September 2024)

The 6th Special ERG Call on Climate Change under the PEDL initiative is now closed.

Proposals submitted by 23:59 GMT on 2nd September 2024 will be considered for funding.

Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa

This paper analyses the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and the structural transformation of local labour markets in Africa.

Journal Article

23 Apr 2025

Firm Presence, Pollution, and Agglomeration: Evidence from a Randomised Environmental Place-Based Policy

Firm location decisions are a key managerial choice, usually optimised over factors like proximity to customers or suppliers.

Working Paper

15 Apr 2025

Embedding Agroforestry into Supply-Chains: Experimental Evidence with a Large Coffee Buyer in East Africa

Agroforestry, a farming system where trees are grown alongside crops, has the potential to help achieve multiple development objectives. It can help coffee farms combat climate change by acting as carbon sinks. Beyond reducing carbon emissions, agroforestry helps shield coffee plants from heat and heavy rains, increasing resilience to climate change. Further, products of agroforestry can provide important independent income stream to farmers facing extreme poverty.

Research Project

9 Apr 2025

Finacial Constraints to Exporting: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda's Export Frowth Fund

Strong export performance is often seen as key to unleashing firm productivity and spurring economic growth, both for the exporting firms themselves and for the broader economy. Given these perceived benefits, middle and low-income country (LMIC) governments commonly implement export promotion policies that aim to alleviate market failures hindering export growth.