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Altruism
Background Note
Behavioural experiments as an impactful tool in sustainable development

Introduction Only recently has the importance and potential of behavioural sciences been recognized as a critical tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Behavioral economics Decision making Altruism
Working Paper
Ethnic disparity in altruism towards reforestation: A social preference experiment in Mindoro, Philippines

This paper presents a framed field experiment on ecological altruism in Mindoro, Philippines. Behavioural differences between ethnic groups in Mindoro—the Tagalogs and the Mangyans—were investigated...

Field experiment Forests and forestry Altruism
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Key behavioural characteristics of small-business owners: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Myanmar

This study investigates the role of owners’ personal preferences and behaviour in determining the success of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises using a lab-in-the-field experiment with small-business owners in Myanmar...

Entrepreneurship Risk-taking Trust
Book Chapter
Multiactor Global Funds: New Tools to Address Urgent Global Problems

From the book: Development Finance in the Global Economy

Altruism Economic development projects Financial institutions, International
Working Paper
Multiactor Global Funds: New Tools to Address Urgent Global Problems

Multiactor global funds (MGFs) are emerging as important new mechanisms for the financing of development and other global priorities...

Altruism Economic development projects Financial institutions, International
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