Learning from the Experiments that Never Happened : Lessons from Trying to Conduct Randomized Evaluations of Matching Grant Programs in Africa

Matching grants are one of the most common policy instruments used by developing country governments to try to foster technological upgrading, innovation, exports, use of business development services and other activities leading to firm growth. However, since they involve subsidizing firms, the ris...

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Main Authors: Campos, Francisco, Coville, Aidan, Fernandes, Ana M., Goldstein, Markus, McKenzie, David
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18191