Asking students to raise their hands is a time-honored feedback mechanism in education. Hand raising allows the teacher to assess to what…
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban…
We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with…
Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development. Yet while economists have long emphasized the importance of…
We use a unique set of nationally representative data of adults from ten developing countries and a unique measure of literacy - a direct…
While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level…
Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on the ability of women at various levels of schooling attainment on the ability of…