Experimental evidence from Pakistan shows distance poses a large and discontinuous access constraint: women with village-based training…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with…
Using rich panel data from Pakistan, we compute test score based measures of quality (School Value-Addeds or SVAs) for more than 800…
The comparative advantage of a location shapes its industrial structure. Current theoretical models based on this principle do not take a…
This impact evaluation investigates whether strengthening the link between local taxation and urban services can revitalize the social…
In 2010, we informed a random set of Delhi councilors, some ineligible for re-election in their current ward, that a newspaper would report…
This paper investigates whether information about improved public services can help build trust in state institutions and move people away…
This 34-chapter open-access book brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy…
This 34-chapter open-access book brings together leading scholars to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy…