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Can information campaigns reduce last mile payment delays in public works programme?: Evidence from a field experiment in India

Does information dissemination among beneficiaries of welfare programmes mitigate their implementation failures?...

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Distributional concerns, the ‘developmental state’ and the agrarian origins of social assistance in Ethiopia

From the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNP

Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme is among the largest social protection programmes in Africa and has been promoted as a model for the continent...

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