Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy?
Research
COVID-19, Cities and Urban Informal Workers: India in Comparative Perspective
Informal workers represent 61% of all workers globally—a total of 2 billion workers worldwide (ILO 2018).
Decolonizing African Studies
In this introduction to the special issue on decolonizing African Studies, we discuss some of the epicolonial dynamics that characterize much of higher education and knowledge production in, of, with,
Accountability for the Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections
Retrospective voting is a crucial component of democratic accountability.
Knowledge Diffusion in the Network of International Business Travel
We use aggregated and anonymized information based on international expenditures through corporate payment cards to map the network of global business travel.
Price of Gold Should Not Determine US Monetary Policy
Even if the only objective was low and stable inflation it would be a bad idea.
Review of The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, Volume 2: Birth of a Nation
The Creation of the East Timorese Economy, Volume 2: Birth of a Nation is a welcome addition to the global library of emerging markets literature.
Review Essay: The Prince
Optimising SARS-CoV-2 Pooled Testing for Low-Resource Settings
Several policy proposals to suppress severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been supporting mass individual testing in the USA and other countries.1, 2, 3 With restricted
The Pandemic Pain of Emerging Markets
As COVID-19 continues its global march, the whole world is paying the price for some countries' negligent and incompetent political leadership and the virtual breakdown of the rules-based multilateral
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