International development

In this paper we analyse the findings from a series of 'public good' games that were conducted between in rural and urban Colombia with mainly poor participants.

This paper studies migration decisions of very poor households in an environment with a high level of violence.

We study food Engel curves among the poor population targeted by a conditional cash transfer programme in Colombia.

Expectations and perceptions in developing countries: their measurement and their use

This study evaluates an intervention in the dairy subsector by an Indian livelihood promotion institution.

This paper looks at evidence as to whether expanding preschool education provides work incentives for mothers.

Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways.On top of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic outcomes including the timing of marriage. This paper examines marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004.

This paper investigates the puzzling evidence on wages and educational attainment observed in Brazil in the 1990s.

This report provides an in-depth description of the first wave of household data collected for a randomised field experiment to measure the impact of microcredit on poverty reduction among poor rural women in Mongolia.

This project analyses the findings from a series of "public goods" games that were conducted in the spring and winter of 2006 in 103 municipalities in rural and urban Colombia.