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Exports, Imports and Exchange Rate in LICs: Firm Level Evidence From Zambia

This paper adds to the literature on exchange rate and international trade by reexamining the effect of sustained currency fluctuation on the flow of exports and imports. We estimate the effect of strong exchange rate movement on trade by exploiting a regression discontinuity design.

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11 Sep 2024

Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms

Recent growth accelerations in Africa are characterized by declining shares of the labor force employed in agriculture, increasing labor productivity in agriculture, and declining labor productivity in modern sectors such as manufacturing.

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6 Sep 2024

Factors Moderating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Large-Scale Firms in Nepal

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ruthlessly affected almost all aspects of human life—the industrial sector as well.

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6 Sep 2024

Production Network Disruptions: Evidence from the Civil-Conflict in Ethiopia

This study investigates the role of trade networks in the dissemination and amplification of economic shocks using the 2020 Ethiopian civil war as a quasi-natural experiment.

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6 Sep 2024

Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan

This paper considers how far private adaptation may reduce future vulnerability to climate risks. Using data on monthly firm-to-firm transactions from Pakistan, we find that flood-affected firms are more likely to relocate to safer ground, and shift purchases towards suppliers in less f

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6 Sep 2024

Production Network Disruptions: Evidence from the Civil-Conflict in Ethiopia

This paper examines the role of trade networks in the dissemination and amplification of shocks, using the 2020 Ethiopian civil war as a quasi-natural experiment.

Research Note

6 Sep 2024

How Do Production Networks Adapt to Extreme Weather Events?

This paper considers how far private adaptation may reduce future vulnerability to flood risk.

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6 Sep 2024

Can messaging from firms around sick leave improve worker wellness and increase productivity?

Covid-19 and other contagious diseases pose a threat to productivity by causing periods of mass absence. Paid sick leave can prevent the spread of disease and reduce turnover costs for employers, but workers often fear retribution for taking sick leave.

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4 Jul 2024

Connections, Gender, and Access to State-Facilitated Private Sector Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Senegal

In developing countries, access to opportunities within the private sector are often unequally distributed. Advantages accrue to those with connections to the state or to those with privileged social status.

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28 Jun 2024

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Exports, Imports and Exchange Rate in LICs: Firm Level Evidence From Zambia

Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms

Factors Moderating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Large-Scale Firms in Nepal

Production Network Disruptions: Evidence from the Civil-Conflict in Ethiopia

Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan

Production Network Disruptions: Evidence from the Civil-Conflict in Ethiopia

How Do Production Networks Adapt to Extreme Weather Events?

Can messaging from firms around sick leave improve worker wellness and increase productivity?

Connections, Gender, and Access to State-Facilitated Private Sector Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Senegal

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