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Political economy of ethnic inequalities and exclusion: Implications for development policyThe Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar,...
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Kunal Sen on politicians and their promises in an uncertain world
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Narendra Modi’s performance on the Indian economy: Five key policies assessed
When Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister in spring 2014 the Indian economy was in the doldrums...
demonitisation Political economy ElectionsBlog
India’s General Elections 2019: The potential electoral consequences of demonetisation In the campaign leading up to the Lok Sabha elections in spring 2014, one of the more important promises that Narendra Modi made was to ‘clean up’ the economy by bringing back to India all the illicit money that was purportedly stashed aw...
demonitisation Political economy ElectionsWorking Paper
A short history of India's economy: A chapter in the Asian dramaThis paper is a short history of the Indian economy since 1968. India today is a changed country from what it was half a century ago, when Myrdal published his Asian Drama...
Growth Political economy CorruptionBook Chapter
Political economy and governanceFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Natural resources Extractives Political economyWorking Paper
Intergovernmental fiscal transfers and tactical political maneuverings: Evidence from Ghana’s District Assemblies Common FundThis paper examines the influence of political considerations on intergovernmental fiscal transfers in Ghana. The two-step system GMM approach was used to estimate transfers and elections data for 167 districts from 1994 to 2014...
Political economy Fiscal transfers Allocation formulaWorking Paper
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour?: Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in TanzaniaDoes self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens...
Elites Citizens Voter turnoutBlog
Energy subsidies are bigger than aid in more than half of poor countries … but we spend very little trying to reduce them
Which of the following do you think is the most important need in developing countries?...
Energy subsidies Fossil fuel subsidies aidWorking Paper
Energy subsidies, international aid, and the politics of reformEnergy subsidy reform is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling climate change. This paper sets out the evidence on the scale of subsidies and their impact...
Energy subsidies Fossil fuel subsidies aidWorking Paper
Worker retraining and transfer payments: The political economy of social protectionWe conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms...
Political economy Social protection Transfer paymentsWorking Paper
Political economy and governanceThis paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda...
Natural resources Extractives Political economyVideo
WIDER Annual Lecture by C. Peter TimmerView the WIDER Annual Lecture on Managing structural transformation post-2015.
Structural transformation Income distribution Millennium Development GoalsAbout
Presentation - AL18The WIDER Annual Lecture 18 was delivered on 18 November at the UN Headquarters in New York. The lecture, given by Professor Emeritus C. Peter Timmer of Harvard University, focused on the topic of structural transformation, especially within the...
Structural transformation Income distribution Millennium Development Goals