Institutions & Political Economy

The welfare cost of political connections: Evidence from Brazilian matching grants

Connected cities request and receive 15% more funds from the national government. Yet the welfare loss from this may be only 0.24% of the budget.

Michel Azulai

Published

09.07.18

Evidence to practice: Context-based data collection

Robin Burgess, director of the IGC, talks about the importance of careful data collection and the structure of civil service.*

Institutions & Political Economy

Robin Burgess

Published

03.06.18

Evidence to practice: Being open minded and adapting evidence fragments

Stefan Dercon, former Chief Economist at DFID, on the importance of being receptive to new ideas and how to use bits of evidence to inform a decision.*

Institutions & Political Economy

Stefan Dercon

Published

03.06.18

Evidence to practice: Building relationships is crucial

Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist at DFID, discusses the importance of building relationships to ensure evidence is translated into policy.*

Institutions & Political Economy

Rachel Glennerster

Published

03.06.18

Recovering fragile economies through the private sector

Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE, discusses the importance of a healthy private sector in the recovery of fragile economies.

Institutions & Political Economy

Minouche Shafik

Published

20.06.18

Building a functional state in difficult places

Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments.

Institutions & Political Economy

Eliana La Ferrara

Published

01.06.18

Effecting change in fragile states

With decades of experience working with international donors, Alex Thier lists three key lessons to effect change and build capacity in fragile states.

Institutions & Political Economy

Alex Thier

Published

06.06.18