This study conducts a unique experimental evaluation of an intervention that focuses on technical training and the creation of economies of scale among small enterprises to increase access to markets.
Exploratory Research Grant Projects
Exploratory Research Grants are awarded to successful applicants every two months. Projects are chosen based on scientific merit, methodological rigour and policy relevance.
Grants Round: Special ERG - PhD #3
Country: Uganda
PEDL themes: The dynamics of SMEs: Informality and entrepreneurship; The role of export-oriented industries in driving growth
Cross-cutting themes: Gender; Fragile and conflict-affected states
This project evaluates the impact of mobility restrictions imposed by military occupation on the development of the IT sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Grants Round: Special ERG - PhD #3
Country: Occupied Palestinian Territories
PEDL themes: The role of export-oriented industries in driving growth; Understanding how constraints interact using micro-founded macro models
Cross-cutting themes: Fragile and conflict-affected states
By collecting new firm-level data from nine countries across Africa and Asia, this project evaluates the impact of the ownership and control structures of firms on their management practices and performance.
Grants Round: Special ERG - PhD #3
Country: Multiple Countries
This experiment in a Bangladeshi sweater factory seeks to determine whether providing workers with information on their relative performance can increase their motivation and productivity.
Grants Round: 20th Round
Country: Bangladesh
This project aims to collect and analyse the productivity data of female artisans working in a large not-for-profit and semi-formal social business in Bangladesh, thus shedding light on a sector that has been previously underexplored
Grants Round: 20th Round
Country: Bangladesh
Cross-cutting themes: Gender
This exploratory research aims to investigate and identify outcomes and growth of incubators in Botswana, Namibia, Kenya and Uganda.
Grants Round: 20th Round
Country: Multiple Countries
Cross-cutting themes: Gender; Climate, environment and social compliance
Building on a large randomized controlled trial in Kenya, this project evaluates the impact of providing solar lamps on women’s time use and economic activities.
Grants Round: 19th Round
Country: Kenya
Cross-cutting themes: Gender
This project explores the effects of an important deregulation reform in the agricultural marketing sector in India, which allowed private marketing channels to farmers previously limited to the government markets.
Grants Round: 19th Round
Country: India
Cross-cutting themes: Climate, environment and social compliance
This research seeks to address a significant constraint to growth among private enterprises in low income countries: access to business information.
Grants Round: 19th Round
Country: Rwanda
Cross-cutting themes: Gender; Fragile and conflict-affected states
This project aims to address common limitations to data sources surrounding informal and unofficial firms using novel data from Bangladesh, shedding new light on firm formalization and business activity in developing countries.
Grants Round: 19th Round
Country: Bangladesh
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