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Institutions and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsProject workshop
Social mobility workshop
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Kunal Sen presents his work at SIDAOn 19 February, Professor Kunal Sen will visit the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm to present his research and discuss research quality and evaluation methods. During his visit, Professor Sen will present his...
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Development programmes, security, and violence reduction: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaImplementing development programmes in conflict-affected areas is crucial for conflict as well as poverty reduction. The big question is how do you carry out these programmes successfully?...
Conflict management Development Poverty reductionBlog
Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before: Introducing the GRD Explorer
Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we in the development economics research community do. However, the way in which we use, share, understand, interpret and present data is more important still...
Government revenue Taxation dataBook Chapter
The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughtersFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Development Education Family planningBook Chapter
Intra-household bargaining in poor countriesFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Households Efficiency DevelopmentWorking Paper
Institutions and Asia’s development: The role of norms and organizational powerThe role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal’s Asian Drama, with later contributions from institutional economics and developmental state theory...
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsJournal Article
Historical origins of persistent inequality in NigeriaPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Development Ethnicity Geopolitical zoneBook Chapter
Regulatory structures and challenges to developmental extractives: Some practical observations from GhanaFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Extractives RegulatoryBook Chapter
The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix: Re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic developmentFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Oil GasBook Chapter
Mining's contribution to low- and middle-income economiesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Mining Development Tax revenueBook Chapter
Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries: The statistical tendenciesFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Oil GasJournal Article
Tax Structures and Economic Growth: New Evidence from the Government Revenue DatasetPart of Journal Special Issue Fiscal Policy, State Building and Economic Development
Economic growth Fiscal policy DevelopmentWorking Paper
Diaspora externalities: A view from the SouthMigration decisions affect those left-behind in ways that are partly taken into account by market forces (e.g., wage effects on labour markets) and for the most part these can be seen as pure externalities...
Diaspora networks International migration Development