Facts and figures about UK taxes, benefits and public spending.
Analysing government fiscal forecasts and tax and spending.
Case studies that give a flavour of the areas where IFS research has an impact on society.
Reforming the tax system for the 21st century.
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing articles by academics and practitioners.
Find out where you are in the income distribution.
Resources for schools and students.
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Research in this area at IFS is committed to identifying success and failures in interventions and to promoting best practice in evaluating and conducting interventions. In particular, the Centre will be a focal point for research on the impact of specific interventions in health, nutrition, skill acquisition, education, credit, insurance and labour. It will conduct evaluations of specific interventions in developing countries, provide support to institutions conducting evaluations, engage in advocacy on best practice in terms of evaluations and on the design of interventions itself.
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This study evaluates an intervention in the dairy subsector by an Indian livelihood promotion institution and conducts a detailed analysis of the main cost and benet factors of the activity.
Although microfinance institutions across the world are moving from group lending towards individual lending, this strategic shift is not substantiated by sufficient empirical evidence on the impact of both types of lending on borrowers. We present such evidence from a randomised field experiment in rural Mongolia.
The FINISH project will test whether the use of microfinance for rural sanitation can be implemented at scale, in order to: accelerate access by the poor to demand-led sanitation, resulting in health, economic, and social impact; and greater sustainability in sanitation service delivery.
Orazio Attanasio gave a lecture on child development in developing countries as part of Lunch Hour Lecture series at University College London.
This paper examines the impact of in utero exposure to the Asian influenza pandemic of 1957 upon childhood development.
Paul Gertler, Sebastian Martinez and Marta Rubio Codina
Paul Gertler, Harry Patrinos and Marta Rubio Codina
Paul Gertler, Harry Patrinos and Marta Rubio Codina
Esther Duflo
This presentation was delivered at the 2011 IFS Annual Lecture by Esther Duflo, MIT.
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This survey was among the first to use PDAs for data collection in rural Africa.
IFS research has contributed to consultation with governments in developing countries on the design of health and welfare programmes.
IFS researchers working in Malawi trained interviewers in the use of PDAs, helping to collect more complete and accurate information about people's lives.
IFS researchers develop a model of the Mexican tax system that will be used by the Mexican Government analysts.
Researchers at IFS have advised OPORTUNIDADES on the design and evaluation of new scholarships, and are carrying out its impact evaluation.
IFS researchers and the World Bank plan to develop capacity and tools in developing countries for the comprehensive analysis of tax reforms
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