Unfinished development projects in Ghana: Mechanising collective choice Project non-completion, commonly attributed to corruption or clientelism, is in fact often caused by an inability to prioritise public expenditure Infrastructure Martin J. Williams Published 10.11.17
When models fall short: Evidence from Chinese road infrastructure investments Quantitative models may prove to be weak substitutes for direct empirical evidence; for evidence-based policymaking, research technique matters Infrastructure Nathaniel Baum-Snow Vernon Henderson Matthew Turner Qinghua Zhang Loren Brandt Published 09.11.17
Incentivising technology adoption in Pakistani firms For technology adoption to be successful, employees need to expect to share in the gains Technology & Innovation David Atkin Azam Chaudhry Amit Khandelwal Eric Verhoogen Published 06.11.17
On the role of misallocation in aggregate productivity Misallocation, a key cause of productivity disparities across nations, is the result of many factors, making it difficult to isolate policy solutions Firms Diego Restuccia Richard Rogerson Published 03.11.17
Jakarta’s maligned congestion-easing policy actually worked When unpopular anti-congestion policies were abandoned in Indonesia's capital, we discovered flawed policy had been better than no policy Infrastructure Rema Hanna Vestal McIntyre Published 31.10.17
Incentivising safer sexual behaviour: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention Lottery incentives targeting risk lovers led to a 20% reduction in HIV incidence Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Lucia Corno Damien de Walque Jakob Svensson Published 30.10.17
Exerting market power: Competition among agricultural traders in Kenya Low competition undermines consumer welfare. Collusive agreements are flexible enough to deflect the effect of a small number of new traders. Agriculture Lauren Falcao Bergquist Published 27.10.17
Political inclusion and development outcomes: Brazil introduces electronic voting The Brazilian experience shows that removing obstacles to political participation can have sizeable effects on public policy and development outcomes Technology & Innovation Thomas Fujiwara Published 24.10.17
Electoral reservations and leadership quality in village India The dysfunctions of identity based elections can be overcome with reservations, by curtailing poor leaders securing power based on identity alone Institutions & Political Economy Siwan Anderson Patrick Francois Published 23.10.17
