Gender differences in self-confidence could explain women's under representation in high-income occupations and glass-ceiling effects. We draw lessons from the economic literature via a survey of experts and a Bayesian hierarchical model that aggregates experimental findings over the last twenty...

This chapter reviews the extensive literature to date on CCTs for education. Section 2 provides background on the origins and expansion of CCTs globally, and describes basic design features and variation in characteristics across programs. Section 3 presents a theory of change and an economic...

The expansion of urbanization is one of the main leading factors of the world in the current era. Societies around the world have encountered various challenges such as management issues, lack of resources and sustainable development as a result of a rapid growth in urbanization. The Smart City...

Developing inclusive financial system is an important policy intervention to create opportunities for e economic development, reduce poverty and improve the livelihood of the poor. Despite the growing and focused research interest on financial inclusion, empirical findings on the role of...

This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies to take stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating publication selection bias, we find that, on average, Beijing’s foreign assistance has had a positive impact on economic...