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Digital Accounting/Transparency Practices and Investment Readiness: Evidence from High-Growth Firms in Uganda

This project studies the impact of digital accounting and transparency practices on the growth of medium-sized high-growth firms in LICs.

Research Project
1 Jun 2023

Designing Microfinance Products to Encourage Firm Growth

This study investigates the best way to provide financing to firms in LICs that can unlock high growth.

Research Project
1 Jun 2023

Gender Norms at Work: Impacts on Women’s Hiring and Workplace Experiences in Bangladesh

This project investigates the role of gender norms on women’s workplace experience, inter-employee interactions, and firm productivity.

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Improving the Measurement of Productivity Dispersion and Misallocation in Developing Countries

This project aims to improve the measurement of how firms produce output in low-income countries. 

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Environmental Regulation, Scrutiny and Firm Outcomes

This project studies how changes in environmental regulation affect environmental compliance and firm outcomes.

Research Project
1 Mar 2023

Do Women in Top Management Affect Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance Performance? A Pilot Study of Firms in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

This pilot project will investigate whether female top executives and women in managerial roles have any significant effect on the environmental, social and governance performance of firms in Ghana.

Research Project
1 Apr 2022

Constraints on Firms for Providing Safer Workplaces for Female Workers

This project will study what constraints firms face in developing countries in promoting safety for sexual harassment for existing and potential female workers.

Research Project
1 Apr 2022

Enhancing Agricultural Community Resilience through Solar Mini-Grid Irrigation

This project evaluates the impact of a new agricultural development model based around solar mini-grids on resilience and sustainability.

Research Project
1 Mar 2022

Measuring and Explaining Corporate Transparency and Business Integrity Practices in Low-Income Countries

This project will comprehensively measure corporate transparnecy and business integrity for 1,500 firms across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Research Project
1 Mar 2022

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