Historically, urban growth required enough development to grow and transport significant agricultural surpluses or a government effective…
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes.
With an estimated one hundred fifteen million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education…
Book abstract: Muslim Secular Democracy: Voices From Within provides an expansive understanding of secularism in the Muslim World by…
Book abstract: Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change explores the landscape of women’s participation in the economy and the…
Martha Alter Chen . 2013. “” in special issue of the Indian Journal of Industrial
Relations (IJIR) on “Unorganized Workers” guest-edited…
We investigate how the link between individual schooling and political participation is aff ected by country characteristics. Using…