EDePo Digest number 3: conference issue

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What is the case for carbon taxes in developing countries?

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Carbon pricing can be a powerful tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What are the risks and opportunities from such policies in developing countries?

4 November 2021

Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: Evidence from India

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Changing the attitudes and behaviours of those enforcing restrictive societal norms is critical for meaningful improvements in women’s wellbeing.

24 October 2022

Policy analysis

Three ways to improve the design of the UK’s overseas aid spending target

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The UK spent £12.8 billion on aid in 2022. But the way the budget is managed can lead to perverse outcomes. There is definite room for improvement.

18 January 2024

Distributional analysis of Ghana’s tax system

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This report analyses the distributional impacts of Ghana’s direct and indirect tax systems using the GHATAX microsimulation model.

18 December 2023

FCDO renews TaxDev funding for the next seven years

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FCDO has announced renewed funding for The Centre for Tax Analysis in Developing Countries, a collaboration between IFS and ODI.

19 September 2023

Academic research

Evaluating pricing health insurance in lower-income countries: A field experiment in India

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We conducted a large-scale, 4-year trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India’s first national, public hospital insurance program, RSBY.

14 March 2024

Social proximity and misinformation: Experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India

working paper

We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns.

7 December 2023

Public service delivery, exclusion and externalities: Theory and experimental evidence from India

working paper

This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries.

15 November 2023