Reforming Public Financial Management in Africa
Successful public sector reform is rare in Africa.
Research
Microcredit is not the Enemy
In the name of protecting India’s poor, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has caused deep turmoil in microfinance.
Can Governance Indicators Make Sense? Towards a New Approach to Sector-Specific Measures of Governance
Governance indicators have come under fire in recent years, especially the World Governance Indicators. Critics present these indicators as atheoretical and biased.
The Growing Economy
The current global economic crisis, rising food prices, and the threat of climate change have reinforced the urgency to find lasting solutions to Africa's agricultural challenges.
Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals for Africa
The global economy and especially its poorest members, face a perfect storm.
Help Microfinance, Don’t Kill It
The microfinance sector in India is in deep crisis.
How Good Politics Results in Bad Policy: The Case of Biofuel Mandates
Biofuels have become big policy and big business. Government targets, mandates, and blending quotas have created a growing demand for biofuels. Some say that the U.S.
Review of Local Governments and Rural Development: Comparing Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru
Determinants of Agricultural and Mineral Commodity Prices
Prices of most agricultural and mineral commodities rose strongly in the past decade, peaking sharply in 2008.
China's Pre-reform Economy in Historical Perspective
China, with its geographical, historical, cultural, and political distance from the West, long has been a black box upon which we readily paste labels-communist, non-Western, developing country-but wh
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