2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417142In this issue: banking on politics; focus: what is the evidence on conditional cash transfers? More capital not enough to grow female-owned businesses; no more cutting class? Timing of evaluations and duration of exposure affect estimates of program impact; what drives firm productivity growth? And the challenge of establishing world-class universities.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ACADEMIC FREEDOMACADEMIC RIGORACCESS TO FINANCEACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGADMINISTRATIVE RECORDSADVANCED RESEARCHAUDITSAUTONOMYBANKING SYSTEMBANKING SYSTEMSBANKSBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERBARRIERS TO ENTRYBASIC EDUCATIONBIASESBOARD OF DIRECTORSBRIBESCENTRAL BANK GOVERNORSCLASSROOMCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTCORRUPTIONDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDRIVERSEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTECONOMICSEDUCATION SERVICESEMPLOYMENTEMPOWERMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATESENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITYENTRY BARRIERSEXTERNALITIESFINAL OUTCOMESFINANCE MINISTERSFINANCIAL DEEPENINGFINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTFINANCIAL EXPERTISEFINANCIAL REGULATIONFINANCIAL REGULATORSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFINANCIAL SYSTEMFOREIGN INVESTMENTGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINEQUALITYINNOVATIONINTERVENTIONSINVESTMENT DECISIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITYLABOR MOBILITYLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLIQUID ASSETSLIVING STANDARDSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMICROFINANCEMORTALITYNEW UNIVERSITIESNUTRITIONOUTPUTSPAPERSPENSIONSPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLITICAL ECONOMYPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL SYSTEMSPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPUBLIC FINANCEPUBLIC SCHOOLSRECESSIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRENTSRESEARCH REPORTRESEARCHERSRURAL AREASSAFETYSAFETY NETSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSICK LEAVESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGTEACHERTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERTIARY EDUCATIONTEXTBOOKSUNIONUNIVERSITIESWAGESWORKERS