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Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firmsUsing panel data of manufacturing enterprises in Mozambique between 2012 and 2017, we investigate how changes in perceived quality of governance are related to firms’ law compliance...
Governance Transparency LawWorking Paper
Clientelistic politics and pro-poor targeting: Rules versus discretionary budgetsPast research has provided evidence of clientelistic politics in delivery of programme benefits by local governments, or gram panchayats (GPs), and manipulation of GP programme budgets by legislators and elected officials at upper tiers in West Benga...
Clientelism Governance TargetingWorking Paper
Clientelism and governanceUnlike much of the growing literature on political clientelism, this short paper contains mainly the author’s general reflections on the broad issues of governance (or mis-governance including corruption), democracy, and state capacity that cli...
vote-buying Clientelism PoliticsProject workshop
3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Background Note
Review of sub-national institutional performance in GhanaIntroduction The literature on the concept, measurement, causes, and correlates of sub-national institutional governance is not new. From the seminal work of Putnam et al. (1993) to recent attempts by Iddawela et al...
Decentralized governance Decentralization GovernanceWorking Paper
On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governanceCountering recent rises in many countries of inequality in income and wealth is widely recognized as a major development challenge...
Inequality Growth HealthBlog
Why should I care about economic growth?
Director of UNU-WIDER, Professor Kunal Sen is a world leading expert in development economics and led on ESID ’s research into economic growth...
Governance State capacity Structural transformationBlog
Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contractContinued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments...
Social unrest Lockdown Sub-Saharan AfricaProject workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual WorkshopMore than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual...
Journal Article
Inequality, good governance, and endemic corruptionPart of Journal Special Issue Public economics and development action
Corruption Tax administration data GovernanceJournal Article
What determines administrative capacity in developing countries?Part of Journal Special Issue Public economics and development action
State capacity Administrative capacity Public finance managementJournal Article
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South: Introduction and OverviewPart of Journal Special Issue Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
Governance Migration policy MigrationJournal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy...
Migration Migration policy GovernanceJournal Article
What Does the Evidence Tell Us about ‘Thinking and Working Politically’ in Development Assistance?Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Donors EvidenceWorking Paper
What does the evidence tell us about ‘thinking and working politically’ in development assistance?This paper critically reviews evidence on ‘thinking and working politically’ in development...
Aid effectiveness Donors Evidence