dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is arguably the most controversial dam ever built in India, with over a 100 … to the dam from influential NGOs, there is no systematic empirical study of its effects on the long-term wellbeing of the … ousted families. Our study investigates: Are resettled oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam project better off in 2017 …

A randomized-trial of community-level mask promotion in rural Bangladesh during COVID-19 shows that the intervention …

who begin in extreme poverty. The setting is rural Bangladesh and the asset is cows. The data supports the poverty traps …

. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment in the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh …

,000 households in rural Bangladesh where we randomized (1) either group financial incentives or a non-financial "social recognition …

wholesale prices, and effects of regulations of intermediaries. To test these we study the effects of a policy in Bangladesh …