This paper studies foreign direct investment spillovers on the gender-related labour market practice of domestic firms, based on a unique firm-to-firm data set of Bangladesh’s textiles and garment sectors. The paper looks at the female employment of domestic firms that are directly and...

The gender education gap has been narrowing worldwide in recent decades. We provide the first causal evidence on how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects the gender education gap. By exploiting the quasi-exogenous deregulation of FDI entry in China upon its WTO accession, we find that...

In Kenya a significant part of the population faces food insecurity. Since fertilizers are noted for having positive impacts on agricultural productivity and on alleviating hunger, their use should be encouraged. There are no manufacturing plants in the country, meaning Kenya relies heavily on...