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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.

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.

In southern coastal Bangladesh, rising freshwater salinity due to climate change threatens over 20 million people with drinking water scarcity, causing health issues like hypertension and preeclampsia, especially among vulnerable populations. Traditional solutions, including centralised water systems and household-level treatments, have proven ineffective, leading to the proposal of a new entrepreneurial approach involving small-scale reverse osmosis (RO) plants.

Women’s work outside the home (WWOH) rate in Pakistan is among the lowest in the world. This is partly due to employer’s having incorrect information and beliefs about women’s ability to carry out work (a demand-side information constraint) and social stigma preventing women and their families from seeking jobs related information (a supply-side information constraint).