We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in…
The Chinese government has repeatedly embraced a goal of developing and deploying electric vehicles (EVs) as it attempts to transition its…
There are only a limited number of strategies that North Korea could use to achieve sustained rapid economic development and all require…
A successful US-Japan agreement on structural reforms three decades ago could potentially serve as a useful model for the current China-US…
China’s post 1978 economic reforms have frequently been described with Deng Xiaoping’s phrase about “crossing the river while feeling the…
This article tests whether firm growth reduces corruption, using data from over 10,000 Vietnamese firms. We employ instrumental variables…
We explore the impact of allowing for outsourcing service delivery to the private sector within Indonesia’s largest targeted transfer…
Russia possesses enormous reserves of oil, natural gas, and coal, and its size and geographic location put it in close proximity to some of…
Developing country governments are increasingly implementing cash assistance programs to combat poverty and inequality. This paper examines…