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Christopher Woodruff

Citations

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Blog mentions

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  1. de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2008. "Are women more credit constrained ? experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4746, The World Bank.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Dads and Development
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2012-06-17 23:47:07
  2. David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2015. "Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries," NBER Working Papers 21505, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Measuring Business Practices in Small Firms
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2015-10-05 18:20:00
  3. Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2013. "The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 5(2), pages 122-150, April.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Targeting which informal firms might formalize and bringing them into the tax system
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2017-02-06 20:14:00
    2. The Illusion of Information Campaigns: Just because people don’t know about your policy, it doesn’t mean that an information campaign is needed
      by ? in Development Impact on 2013-05-06 18:00:00
    3. How much do firms want to stay informal?
      by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2013-06-14 19:58:00
  4. McKenzie, David J & Woodruff, Christopher, 2006. "Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 55(1), pages 3-42, October.

    Mentioned in:

    1. ENAMIN
      by Masa in Devecondata on 2008-09-17 15:03:00
  5. De Mel,Suresh & Mckenzie,David J. & Woodruff,Christopher M. & De Mel,Suresh & Mckenzie,David J. & Woodruff,Christopher M., 2016. "Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7924, The World Bank.

    Mentioned in:

    1. We gave Sri Lankan microenterprises wage subsidies to hire workers: 8 years after starting, here’s what happened
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2017-01-09 20:28:00
  6. de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2012. "The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5991, The World Bank.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Targeting which informal firms might formalize and bringing them into the tax system
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2017-02-06 20:14:00
    2. The Illusion of Information Campaigns: Just because people don’t know about your policy, it doesn’t mean that an information campaign is needed
      by ? in Development Impact on 2013-05-06 18:00:00
    3. How much do firms want to stay informal?
      by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2013-06-14 19:58:00
  7. David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2008. "Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 22(3), pages 457-482, November.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Hugh Sinclair: A Microfinance Heretic Confesses
      by David Roodman in David Roodman's Microfinance Open Book Blog on 2012-07-15 21:54:35
  8. de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2007. "Measuring microenterprise profits : don't ask how the sausage is made," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4229, The World Bank.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Tools for evaluators
      by Chris Blattman in Chris Blattman on 2008-10-21 20:21:00
  9. de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2007. "Returns to capital in microenterprises : evidence from a field experiment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4230, The World Bank.

    Mentioned in:

    1. The new must-read paper for field experimenters
      by Chris Blattman in Chris Blattman on 2010-12-21 08:07:32
  10. Fafchamps, Marcel & Woodruff, Christopher & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon, 2011. "When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana," CEPR Discussion Papers 8466, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Dads and Development
      by David McKenzie in Development Impact on 2012-06-17 23:47:07

Wikipedia or ReplicationWiki mentions

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  1. Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff, 2002. "Property Rights and Finance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(5), pages 1335-1356, December.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Property Rights and Finance (AER 2002) in ReplicationWiki ()
  2. Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2009. "Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 1(3), pages 1-32, July.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2009) in ReplicationWiki ()
  3. Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2013. "The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 5(2), pages 122-150, April.

    Mentioned in:

    1. The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2013) in ReplicationWiki ()

Working papers

  1. Woodruff, Christopher & Macchiavello, Rocco & Menzel, Andreas & Rabbani, Atonu, 2020. "Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector," CEPR Discussion Papers 15085, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Greenberg, Kyle & Wasserman, Melanie & Weber, E. Anna, 2024. "The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military," IZA Discussion Papers 17528, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Uckat, Hannah Irmela, 2023. "Leaning in at Home : Women's Promotions and Intra-household Bargaining in Bangladesh," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10370, The World Bank.
    3. Menzel, Andreas, 2021. "Knowledge exchange and productivity spill-overs in Bangladeshi garment factories," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 721-746.
    4. Haeckl, Simone & Onozaka, Yuko, 2025. "Does Gender Matter for Leaders' Behavior and Effectiveness? Insights from A Field Experiment," UiS Working Papers in Economics and Finance 2025/1, University of Stavanger.
    5. Macchiavello, Rocco, 2022. "Relational contracts and development," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 116662, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    6. Bramucci, Francesca & Boudet, Ana Maria Munoz & Viollaz, Mariana, 2025. "Promoting Women’s Leadership: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing," IZA Discussion Papers 18221, IZA Network @ LISER.
    7. Erika Deserranno & Philipp Kastrau & Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, 2021. "Promotions and productivity: The role of meritocracy and pay progression in the public sector," Economics Working Papers 1770, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
    8. Czura, Kristina & Menzel, Andreas & Miotto, Martina, 2023. "Improved menstrual health and the workplace: an RCT with female Bangladeshi garment workers," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 653, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    9. Robert Akerlof & Anik Ashraf & Rocco Macchiavello & Atonu Rabbani, 2023. "Layoffs and Productivity at a Bangladeshi Sweater Factory," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 393, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    10. Abel, Martin & Buchman, Daniel, 2020. "The Effect of Manager Gender and Performance Feedback: Experimental Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 13871, IZA Network @ LISER.
    11. Boudreau, Laura & Cajal-Grossi, Julia & Macchiavello, Rocco, 2023. "Global value chains in developing countries: a relational perspective from coffee and garments," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 120184, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    12. Chauvin, Juan Pablo & Tricaud, Clemence, 2022. "Gender and Electoral Incentives: Evidence from Crisis Response," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12411, Inter-American Development Bank.
    13. Deserranno, Erika & Leon-Ciliotta, Gianmarco, 2022. "Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector," CEPR Discussion Papers 15837, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

  2. Woodruff, Christopher & Menzel, Andreas, 2019. "Gender Wage Gaps and Worker Mobility: Evidence from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh," CEPR Discussion Papers 13577, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Fabry, Anna & Van den Broeck, Goedele & Maertens, Miet, 2022. "Decent work in global food value chains: Evidence from Senegal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    2. Mohammad Ehsanul Kabir & Palash Kamruzzaman, 2022. "Exploring the Drivers of Vulnerability Among Disadvantaged Internal Migrants in Riverbank Erosion Prone Areas in North-West Bangladesh," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 17(1), pages 57-83, April.
    3. Swati Dhingra & Stephen Machin, 2020. "The crisis and job guarantees in urban India," CEP Discussion Papers dp1719, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    4. Kristina Czura & Andreas Menzel & Martina Miotto, 2019. "Menstrual Health, Worker Productivity and Well-being among Female Bangladeshi Garment Workers," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp649, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague.
    5. Boudreau, Laura & Heath, Rachel & McCormick, Tyler H., 2024. "Migrants, experience, and working conditions in Bangladeshi garment factories," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 219(C), pages 196-213.
    6. Rocco Macchiavello & Andreas Menzel & Atonu Rabbani & Christopher Woodruff, 2020. "Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector," NBER Working Papers 27606, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Vasishth, Mahima, 2024. "Employment Booms and Infant Health: Evidence from the Ready-Made Garment Sector in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Papers 17106, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Koen Maaskant & Victoria Strokova, 2021. "More, Better, and More Inclusive Industrial Jobs in Ethiopia," World Bank Publications - Reports 36807, The World Bank Group.
    9. S M Fijul Kabir & Samit Chakraborty & S M Azizul Hoque & Kavita Mathur, 2019. "Sustainability Assessment of Cotton-Based Textile Wet Processing," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 1(1), pages 1-15, September.

  3. Woodruff, Christopher & De Mel, Suresh & Sheth, Ketki & McIntosh, Craig, 2018. "Can Mobile-Linked Bank Accounts Bolster Savings? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sri Lanka," CEPR Discussion Papers 13378, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Catia Batista & Pedro C. Vicente, 2021. "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 2116, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
    2. Batista, Catia & Vicente, Pedro C., 2020. "Improving access to savings through mobile money: Experimental evidence from African smallholder farmers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    3. Bonan, Jacopo & d'Adda, Giovanna & Mahmud, Mahreen & Said, Farah, 2020. "The Role of Flexibility and Planning in Repayment Discipline: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Pay-as-You-Go Off-Grid Electricity," RFF Working Paper Series 20-14, Resources for the Future.
    4. Emma Riley, 2022. "Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda," CSAE Working Paper Series 2022-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    5. Shilpa Aggarwal & Valentina Brailovskaya & Jonathan Robinson, 2020. "Saving for Multiple Financial Needs: Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi," NBER Working Papers 27035, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Dunsch, Felipe Alexander, 2022. "Economic Empowerment of Women-led Firms in Developing Countries," SocArXiv gtsn2_v1, Center for Open Science.

  4. Joyce Sadka & Enrique Seira & Christopher Woodruff, 2018. "Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts," NBER Working Papers 25137, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Paul Pecorino & Michael Solomon & Mark Van Boening, 2025. "Dispute Resolution in the Signaling Model: A Comparison of Arbitration Mechanisms," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 22(3), pages 361-377, September.
    2. Britto, Diogo & Germinetti, Lorenzo & Gerard, François & Naritomi, Joana & Sampaio, Breno, 2025. "Access to justice and social protection," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 127235, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Karlan, Dean & Garz, Seth & Gine, Xavier & Mazer, Rafe & Sanford, Caitlin & Zinman, Jonathan, 2020. "Consumer protection for financial inclusion in low and middle income countries: Bridging regulator and academic perspectives," CEPR Discussion Papers 15596, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    4. Carolina Arteaga & Gustavo J. Bobonis & Paola Salardi & Dario Toman, 2025. "Improving Judicial Protection in Intimate Partner Violence Cases: The Role of Specialized Courts and Judges," Working Papers tecipa-803, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.

  5. Woodruff, Christopher & Sadka, Joyce & Seira Bejarano, Enrique, 2018. "Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts," CEPR Discussion Papers 13261, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Karlan, Dean & Garz, Seth & Gine, Xavier & Mazer, Rafe & Sanford, Caitlin & Zinman, Jonathan, 2020. "Consumer protection for financial inclusion in low and middle income countries: Bridging regulator and academic perspectives," CEPR Discussion Papers 15596, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

  6. Suresh De Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff, 2016. "Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises," NBER Working Papers 23005, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Abdellatif Chatri & Khadija Hadef & Naima Samoudi, 2021. "Micro-econometric evaluation of subsidized employment in morocco: the case of the "Idmaj" program," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 55(1), pages 1-13, December.
    2. Carranza, Eliana & McKenzie, David, 2023. "Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 16537, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. McKenzie, David & Paffhausen, Anna Luisa, 2017. "Small Firm Death in Developing Countries," CEPR Discussion Papers 12401, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    4. Alhorr, Layane, 2024. "Virtual Windows Through Glass Walls? Digitalization for Low-Mobility Female Entrepreneurs," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10803, The World Bank.
    5. Santiago Caicedo & Miguel Espinosa & Arthur Seibold, 2022. "Unwilling to Train?—Firm Responses to the Colombian Apprenticeship Regulation," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(2), pages 507-550, March.
    6. David McKenzie, 2017. "How Effective Are Active Labor Market Policies in Developing Countries? A Critical Review of Recent Evidence," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 32(2), pages 127-154.
    7. Bussolo, Maurizio & Lee, Jean Nahrae & Mahmud, Mahreen & Sarma, Nayantara & Williams, Anaise, 2026. "Wage Subsidies to Promote Female Hiring: Evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11317, The World Bank.
    8. Crépon, Bruno & Premand, Patrick, 2019. "Direct and Indirect Effects of Subsidized Dual Apprenticeships," IZA Discussion Papers 12793, IZA Network @ LISER.
    9. Patrick Sunday Kayongo, 2025. "Re-evaluating the Returns to Labour in Microenterprises: A Statistical Replication and Critical Review of de Mel et al. (2019)," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 68(3), pages 1113-1132, September.
    10. Vittorio Bassi & Raffaela Muoio & Tommaso Porzio & Ritwika Sen & Esau Tugume, 2022. "Achieving Scale Collectively," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 90(6), pages 2937-2978, November.
    11. Grover,Arti Goswami & Imbruno,Michele, 2020. "Using Experimental Evidence to Inform Firm Support Programs in Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9461, The World Bank.
    12. Carneiro, Pedro & Armand, Alex & Tagliati, Federico & Xia, Yiming, 2020. "Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from North Macedonia," CEPR Discussion Papers 15192, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    13. Bandiera, Oriana & Elsayed, Ahmed & Smurra, Andrea & Zipfel, Céline, 2022. "Young adults and labor markets in Africa," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 113891, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    14. Daniel Agness & Travis Baseler & Sylvain Chassang & Pascaline Dupas & Erik Snowberg, 2022. "Valuing the Time of the Self-Employed," CESifo Working Paper Series 9567, CESifo.
    15. Kim, Hyejin & Lee, Jungmin, 2019. "Can employment subsidies save jobs? Evidence from a shipbuilding city in South Korea," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    16. George Gui & Seungwoo Kim, 2025. "Leveraging LLMs to Improve Experimental Design: A Generative Stratification Approach," Papers 2509.25709, arXiv.org.
    17. Yuehao Bai & Meng Hsuan Hsieh & Jizhou Liu & Max Tabord-Meehan, 2022. "Revisiting the Analysis of Matched-Pair and Stratified Experiments in the Presence of Attrition," Papers 2209.11840, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2023.
    18. Livia Alfonsi & Oriana Bandiera & Vittorio Bassi & Robin Burgess & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman & Anna Vitali, 2020. "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence From a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 88(6), pages 2369-2414, November.
    19. Cockx, Bart & Desiere, Sam, 2024. "Labour costs and the decision to hire the first employee," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    20. Schmidt, Emily & Mueller, Valerie & Rosenbach, Gracie, 2020. "Rural households in Papua New Guinea afford better diets with income from small businesses," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    21. Yuehao Bai, 2022. "Optimality of Matched-Pair Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(12), pages 3911-3940, December.
    22. Annie Alcid & Erwin Bulte & Robert Lensink & Aussi Sayinzoga & Mark Treurniet, 2023. "Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 32(3), pages 296-328.
    23. Yuehao Bai, 2022. "Optimality of Matched-Pair Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials," Papers 2206.07845, arXiv.org.
    24. Brian McCaig & Nina Pavcnik, 2021. "Entry and Exit of Informal Firms and Development," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 69(3), pages 540-575, September.
    25. Vittorio Bassi & Aisha Nansamba, 2022. "Screening and Signalling Non-Cognitive Skills: Experimental Evidence from Uganda," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(642), pages 471-511.
    26. Hensel, Lukas & Tekleselassie, Tsegay & Witte, Marc J., 2021. "Formalized Employee Search and Labor Demand," IZA Discussion Papers 14839, IZA Network @ LISER.
    27. Chiplunkar, Gaurav & Kelley, Erin & Lane, Gregory, 2024. "Competitive Job Seekers: When Sharing Less Leaves Firms at a Loss," IZA Discussion Papers 16840, IZA Network @ LISER.
    28. Wicker, Till, 2025. "Winsorizing and Trimming with Subgroups," Discussion Paper 2025-007, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    29. Aşık,Güneş & Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves & Kluve,Jochen & Nas Ozen,Selin Efsan & Nebiler,Metin & Oviedo Silva,Ana Maria, 2022. "The Effects of Subsidizing Social Security Contributions : Job creation or Informality Reduction ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9904, The World Bank.
    30. Oladipo, Oluwasheyi S. & Shim, Hyoung Suk, 2022. "Microentrepreneurs' Gender Difference in Labor Demand," IZA Discussion Papers 15690, IZA Network @ LISER.
    31. Wang, Yuhao & Li, Xinran, 2025. "Asymptotic theory of the best-choice rerandomization using the Mahalanobis distance," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 251(C).
    32. Wicker, Till, 2025. "Winsorizing and Trimming with Subgroups," Other publications TiSEM 0add126c-edd4-49e9-a9f8-f, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    33. Manabu Nose, 2018. "Road to Industrialized Africa: Role of Efficient Factor Market in Firm Growth," IMF Working Papers 2018/184, International Monetary Fund.
    34. Ali, Nadia & Cali, Massimiliano & Rijkers, Bob, 2025. "Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    35. Hardy, Morgan & Kim, Seongyoon & McCasland, Jamie & Menzel, Andreas & Witte, Marc, 2024. "Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    36. Lahiri, Bidisha & Daramola, Richard, 2023. "Effects of credit and labor constraints on microenterprises and the unintended impact of changes in household endowments: Use of threshold estimation to detect heterogeneity," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 21-38.
    37. Yuehao Bai & Meng Hsuan Hsieh & Jizhou Liu & Max Tabord‐Meehan, 2024. "Revisiting the analysis of matched‐pair and stratified experiments in the presence of attrition," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(2), pages 256-268, March.
    38. Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge & Armando José Garcia Pires, 2020. "Gender, formality, and entrepreneurial success," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 55(4), pages 881-900, December.

  7. Fafchamps, Marcel & Woodruff, Christopher, 2015. "Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential," CEPR Discussion Papers 10597, Centre for Economic Policy Research.

    Cited by:

    1. González-Uribe, Juanita & Reyes, Santiago, 2021. "Identifying and boosting “Gazelles”: Evidence from business accelerators," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 139(1), pages 260-287.
    2. McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher, 2016. "Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 265, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    3. Irene Fulco & Francesca Loia & Barbara Aquilani & Ginevra Gravili, 2025. "Running up that hill: a literature review and research agenda proposal on “gazelles” firms," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 317-376, January.
    4. Lori Beaman & Dean Karlan & Bram Thuysbaert & Christopher Udry, 2023. "Selection Into Credit Markets: Evidence From Agriculture in Mali," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 91(5), pages 1595-1627, September.
    5. Yuki Higuchi & Vu Hoang Nam & Tetsushi Sonobe, 2023. "Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs," Working Papers DP-2022-42, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    6. McKenzie, David & Sansone, Dario, 2019. "Predicting entrepreneurial success is hard: Evidence from a business plan competition in Nigeria," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    7. Vega-Redondo, Fernando & Pin, Paolo & Ubfal, Diego & Benedetti-Fasil, Cristiana & Brummitt, Charles & Rubera, Gaia & Hovy, Dirk & Fornaciari, Tommaso, 2019. "Peer Networks and Entrepreneurship: A Pan-African RCT," IZA Discussion Papers 12848, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Dalton, Patricio & Rüschenpöhler, Julius & Zia, Bilal, 2018. "Aspirations of Small-scale Entrepreneurs : Evidence from Urban Retailers in Indonesia," Other publications TiSEM bc573b53-32a8-497b-a67d-d, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
    9. Grimm, Michael & Soubeiga, Sidiki & Weber, Michael, 2024. "Supporting small firms in a fragile context: Comparing matching and cash grants in Burkina Faso," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    10. Erin L. Scott & Pian Shu & Roman M. Lubynsky, 2015. "Are “Better” Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation," Harvard Business School Working Papers 16-013, Harvard Business School.
    11. Grover,Arti Goswami & Imbruno,Michele, 2020. "Using Experimental Evidence to Inform Firm Support Programs in Developing Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9461, The World Bank.
    12. Montenegro Calderon,Gabriela & Iacovone,Leonardo & Juarez,Laura, 2016. "Opportunity versus necessity : understanding the heterogeneity of female micro-entrepreneurs," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7636, The World Bank.
    13. Bandiera, Oriana & Burgess, Robin & Deserranno, Erika & Morel, Ricardo & Rasul, Imran & Sulaiman, Munshi & Thiemel, Jack, 2022. "Microfinance and diversification," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 123921, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
      • Bandiera, Oriana & Burgess, Robin & Deserranno, Erika & Morel, Ricardo & Rasul, Imran & Sulaiman, Munshi & Thiemel, Jack, 2022. "Microfinance and Diversification," CEPR Discussion Papers 17081, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
      • Oriana Bandiera & Robin Burgess & Erika Deserranno & Ricardo Morel & Imran Rasul & Munshi Sulaiman & Jack Thiemel, 2022. "Microfinance and Diversification," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 89(S1), pages 239-275, June.
    14. Marcel Fafchamps & Simon Quinn, 2015. "Aspire," NBER Working Papers 21084, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    15. Diao, Xinshen & Kweka, Josaphat & McMillan, Margaret S., 2017. "Economic transformation in Africa from the bottom up: Evidence from Tanzania," IFPRI discussion papers 1603, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    16. Maria Widyastuti & Deograsias Yoseph Yustinianus Ferdinand & Yustinus Budi Hermanto, 2023. "Strengthening Formal Credit Access and Performance through Financial Literacy and Credit Terms in Micro, Small and Medium Businesses," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-14, January.
    17. Mohamed Abouaziza, . "Farmer constraints and relational contracts: evidence from agricultural value chains in East Africa," Economics PhD Theses, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School, number 0122, December.
    18. Brian McCaig & Nina Pavcnik, 2021. "Entry and Exit of Informal Firms and Development," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 69(3), pages 540-575, September.
    19. Diao, Xinshen & Kweka, Josaphat & McMillan, Margaret, 2018. "Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 400-415.
    20. Raymond Falschau & Saidatou Dicko & Birahim Gueye & Claude Messan Setodji, 2026. "When Fintech Fails in Africa: The Story of WARI in Senegal," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 21(2), pages 1-49, March.
    21. Gonzalez-Uribe, Juanita & Reyes, Santiago, 2021. "Identifying and boosting “gazelles” evidence from business accelerators," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 103145, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    22. Vojtech Bartos & Silvia Castro & Kristina Czura & Timm Opitz, 2023. "Gendered Access to Finance: The Role of Team Formation, Idea Quality, and Implementation Constraints in Business Evaluations," CESifo Working Paper Series 10719, CESifo.
    23. Maddalena Honorati & Sara Johansson de Silva, 2016. "Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 25208, April.
    24. Dabalen, Andrew & Paul, Saumik, 2024. "Firm Ownership Control and Management Practices, with an Update on Sub-Saharan Africa," IZA Discussion Papers 17433, IZA Network @ LISER.
    25. Yoonyoung Cho, 2015. "Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries," World of Labour, LISER, pages 167-167, July.
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    6. Ali, Nadia & Cali, Massimiliano & Rijkers, Bob, 2025. "Promoting Innovative Startups : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11117, The World Bank.
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