The push for adopting digital modes of payment rests on three promises: increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income individuals. We experimentally test the extent to which these promises are fulfilled. We exploit...

Access to essential infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and garbage collection can considerably affect children's environment and may play a significant role in shaping early childhood developmental and health outcomes. Using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)...

This Perspective explores how the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA), recently made public at the World Trade Organization’s 13th ministerial conference, could be used as a starting point to include additional home state measures to facilitate outward investment in other...

The main objective of this study is to empirically examine the impact of financial inclusion on the rate of unemployment. To execute the research idea, the study has considered 31 countries (16 Upper-Middle Income and 15 Lower-Middle Income), over the period of 2004-2019. For the empirical...

We study the effect of energy and transport policies on pollution in two developing country cities. We use a quantitative equilibrium model with choice of housing, energy use, residential location, transport mode, and energy technology. Pollution comes from commuting and residential energy use....