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Gas in Tanzania: Adapting to new realitiesFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Is there a fiscal resource curse?: Resource rents, fiscal capacity, and political institutions in developing economiesStates’ fiscal capacity plays a pivotal role in developing economies, but it is less clear what its determinants are or what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources...
state capacity fiscal capacity Resource curseBook Chapter
Understanding the boomFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Pushing for policy innovation: The framing of social protection policies in TanzaniaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Social protection Policy entrpreneurs Political settlementsWorking Paper
The effects of wartime institutions on households’ ability to cope with shocks: Evidence for ColombiaThis paper studies the legacies of wartime institutions, measured as rebelocracy, on the ability of households to cope with negative income shocks...
Armed conflict Institutions MigrationWorking Paper
Social norms as a barrier to women’s employment in developing countriesThis paper discusses cultural barriers to women’s participation and success in the labor market in developing countries...
Culture Institutions Developing countriesBlog
How (not) to build state capabilityEffective and capable states are essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
SDGs SDG16 Building State CapabilitiesBook Chapter
Institutions and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Institutions Organizations Political settlementsBook Chapter
Gunnar Myrdal’s Methodology and Approach RevisitedFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Gunnar Myrdal InstitutionsBlog
How can developing countries pay for the SDGs?With official development assistance under strain, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require developing countries to rely increasingly on their own resources...
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals Millennium Development GoalsJournal Article
Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi’s Local Development FundPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Aid effectiveness Institutions Aid policyJournal Article
Aid Impact and Effectiveness: Introduction and OverviewPart of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness
Donors Fragile states Climate changeWorking Paper
Institutional bypass and aid effectiveness in AfricaMany practical and action-oriented international roadmaps to improve the quality of aid and its delivery and impact on development—including the Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action, and Busan Partnership—emphasize a more active inv...
Aid effectiveness Institutions Aid policyWorking Paper
Understanding the boom: A framing paperA significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated...
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Understanding the boom: Country study—TanzaniaThere are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas...
Developing countries Institutions Natural resources