PEDL

Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) - a joint research initiative of @cepr_org and the @FCDOGovUK, funding research projects in LICs.

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Update: We’ll no longer be posting from the PEDL account on X/Twitter.

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We’re excited to share that PEDL is now part of the Growth Research Platform (GRP) — bringing PEDL, STEG & ReCIPE together under one umbrella.

Same PEDL programme, now on one unified site with publications, projects, events & calls: https://t.co/6ZkFVx6C5r

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Edward Wiles (@MIT) and @DeivyHoueix (@MIT) studies the potential of smartphone ownership and social media usage to alleviate search and trust frictions along the supply chain.

https://t.co/BwlqkfmPCY

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @gharadbryan (@LSEEcon), @deankarlan (@NorthwesternU) and @adammosman (@UofIllinois) published by the #AmericanEconomicReview.

https://t.co/ZoqFU8VRBE

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by Soeren J. Henn, Christian Mastaki Mugaruka, @mortiz217, Raúl Sánchez de la Sierra and @david_wqh published by The Review of Economic Studies.

https://t.co/qveLdyRFwJ

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Gauthier Marchais, Christian Mastaki Mugaruka, @mortiz217, Raul Sanchez de la Sierra and @david_wqh analyses the role of community in the rise of militias.

https://t.co/SdNgyYHdEN

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The Finance & Entrepreneurship Theme of the PEDL programme invites submissions for a workshop on AI, Finance, and Entrepreneurship to be held in person on June 16-18 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.

More information available here: https://t.co/2Njp8xl6t1

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @erinmunrokelley (@UChicago), Gregory Lane (@UChicago) and @davidfromterra (@ucsc) introduces monitoring devices into commuter minibuses in Kenya and randomises access to the data.

https://t.co/mmauklhuWi

#Monitoring

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @DeivyHoueix (@MITecon) explores the trade-off between data observability and digital payment technology adoption by the Senegalese taxi industry.

https://t.co/clmaF64ozF

#DigitalPayment #AsymmetricInformation

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Azhar Hussain (@LSEEcon) estimates the immediate effects of flooding on key economic variables in Indonesia.

https://t.co/WXlIFwsqCw

#Flooding #Firms #ClimateChange

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @PatrickAgte (@YaleEGC), Arielle Bernhardt (@MIT), Erica Field (@DukeEcon), Rohini Pande (@YaleEGC) and Natalia Rigol (@HarvardHBS) published by the American Economic Review.

https://t.co/H23qXgchpM

#ChildrenEducation #Microenterprise

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Yuen Ho (@UCBerkeley) and Yihong Huang (@PKU1898) examines supervisor discretion in the selection of workers for promotion to managerial positions.

https://t.co/h8sZZ1rVET

#Discretion #Promotion

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @CarolynPelnik (@TuftsUniversity) studies spatial misallocation of entrepreneurs within the city of Kampala, Uganda.

https://t.co/dXsM0Z89Pj

#SpatialMisallocation #Mobility #Frictions

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @YunyuShu (@Brown_Economics) and Jiayue Zhang (@Brown_Economics) studies how information shapes adaptation under different subsidy schemes for cocoa farmers in Ghana.

https://t.co/5NFkfg2LWu

#ClimateAdaptation #Cocoa

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by Jing Cai (@UofMaryland), Wei Lin (@cuhksz) and Adam Szeidl (@ceu) investigates the impact of firm-to-firm referrals.

https://t.co/rOc3FwYbu9

#ProfessionalNetworks #Referrals

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by @f_germann (@NotreDame), Stephen J. Anderson (@TAMU), Pradeep Chintagunta (@ChicagoBooth) and Naufel Vilcassim (@LSEManagement) studying mentor gender impact on female entrepreneurs.

https://t.co/Z2QF5844TF

#FemaleEntrepreneurs #Mentorship

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📣🎉REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the CSAE Conference 2025 #OxCSAE2025

Join us for 3 days to discuss economic development in Africa across a range of topics.

📆23-25 March 2025
🏢Oxford, UK
💻Register by 23 Feb (05 Jan for speakers): https://t.co/Cc1vSHepHW

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New #PEDLWorkingPaper by @abiola1864 investigates if personalised digital record-keeping support for small firms in developing countries can increase the likelihood of digital record adoption and enhance the accuracy of profit tracking over time.

https://t.co/xxnuz0k2ss

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New #PEDLJournalArticle by Wycliffe Oluoch (@witsbschool) and Kalu Ojah (@UCTGSB) examines financial market development from the perspective of the microstructure of corporate bond markets, and its efficiency effects on cost of debt in Africa.

https://t.co/oIDU2ZNAIT

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New #PEDLResearchNote by Eyoual Demeke (Policy Studies Institute), Asha Sundaram (@AucklandUni) and Tewodros Tesemma (Policy Studies Institute) examines the weak take-up of digital payment technologies among MSMEs in developing countries.

https://t.co/srTQKjWuDt

#DigitalPayment