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Conclusions and policy implicationsFrom the book: Tasks, skills, and institutions
Inequality Policy Developing countriesWorking Paper
Trust as state capacity: The political economy of complianceThis paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific channel whereby citizens who are convinced that a policy is worthwhile are more motivated to comply with it...
State capacity Trust ComplianceWorking Paper
The determinants of domestic saving in KenyaThe savings–growth nexus is widely acknowledged, both in policy and in the literature. But Kenya’s numerous policy initiatives to encourage savings mobilization are yet to yield the expected outcomes...
Domestic savings Growth PolicyWorking Paper
Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous people: Evidence from AustraliaThis paper adds to knowledge on the role of politicians’ and voters’ identities in influencing policy-making in societies marked by ethnic inequality...
Politician Identity Voting behaviourJournal Article
Clientelism and governancePart of Journal Special Issue Clientelist Politics and Development
vote-buying Clientelism PoliticsBook Chapter
Inclusive structural transformation in India: Past episodes and future trajectoriesFrom the book: The developer’s dilemma
Developer's dilemma India InequalityReport
Policy in the time of pandemic: Social transfers in South Africa during the coronavirus national lockdown, 2020This case study details the policy choices and decisions of the South African government to provide economic relief, through social grants, to vulnerable South Africans and those resident in South Africa to enable them to withstand the effects of the...
COVID-19 Welfare PolicyWorking Paper
Two decades of Tanzanian health policy: Examining policy developments and opportunities through a gender lensTanzania has undertaken important health sector reforms in the new millennium, and the most recent Health Sector Strategic Plan (2021–26) lays out ambitious targets to achieve universal health coverage...
Tanzania Women HealthWorking 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 PoliticsBlog
Ethnic diversity and informal employment in GhanaInformal activities are widespread in many developing countries. In many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries informal economic activities account for more than one-third of economic output and more than two-thirds of employment...
Ethnic diversity Inequalities InformalityBlog
Better measures of informality can improve poverty reduction policy
In a recent study , my co-authors and I propose a new way to measure informality by household, rather than by individual worker...
Informality Labour rights Labour market outcomesWorking Paper
The electric vehicle revolution: Economic and policy implications for natural resource exporters in developing countriesThe emergence of a mass market for electric vehicles (EVs) offers considerable development opportunities for resource exporters, given their intensive raw material requirements, including for cobalt, nickel, lithium, copper, aluminium, and manganese...
Transportation Raw materials Resource curseWorking Paper
Kuznets’ tension in India: Two episodesDeveloping countries face a trade-off between the twin objectives of structural transformation and inclusive growth. This is the ‘developer’s dilemma’...
Developer's dilemma India InequalityJournal Article
Policy and trade issues for a future regional biofuels market in Southern AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa
Biofuel PolicyBook Chapter
Industries without smokestacks: Mozambique country case studyFrom the book: Industries without Smokestacks
Industries Exports PolicyWorking Paper
Biofuels in Southern Africa: Political economy, trade, and policy environmentExpansion of biofuels production and consumption at the regional and national levels relies on both supportive energy prices and policy interventions...
Biofuel Policy