Financial inclusion—defined here as the use of formal accounts—can bring many welfare benefits to individuals. Yet we know very little about the factors underpinning financial inclusion across individuals and countries. Using data for 123 countries and over 124,000 individuals, this paper tries to understand the individual and country characteristics associated with the use of ...» more
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This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
Beyond attraction and retention: Indigenous career advancement in the public sector.
Institute of Public Administration Australia – Victoria (IPAA) engaged PwC to undertake a research project examining the links between professional development and career advancement for Indigenous people in the Victorian public sector. The purpose of the project was to generate recommendations for IPAA Victoria and its member organisations aimed at increasing Indigenous ...» more
Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Gap?
This article undertakes an empirical analysis of enterprises which confirms that firms with female ownership participation are unconditionally less likely to use formal bank credit than firms with male ownership, however this gap disappears when controlling for observables firm’ characteristics (i.e., industry, size, ownership type, age, export orientation, foreign ownership, ...» more
Social Contracts, Networks and Security in Tropical Africa Conflict States: An Overview
This article introduces an issue of the IDS Bulletin on Post-conflict Security in an Africa of Networked, Multilevel Governance. The special issue presents fieldwork from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Somalia to show that assumptions derived from the classical social contract theorists frequently lead the international ...» more
What can experiments tell us about how to improve governance?
In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development economics in particular, their use has attracted considerable debate in relation to the identification of ‘what works’ in development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic in development policy: governance. It aims to address two key questions: (1) ‘what ...» more