We exploit a policy designed to randomly allocate roommates in a large South African university to investigate whether interracial…
South Africa’s labor market exhibits a unique equilibrium with one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and yet a low level of…
The issue of debt sustainability has been the focus of continued theoretical and practical interest over the years. In emerging markets,…
This paper studies the role of technology in local-government tax collection capacity in the developing world. We first conduct a new…
March 2021, the Confederation of African Football’s President, Patrice Motsepe, insisted that “An African team must win the World Cup in…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
The promise of American democracy is at greater risk than at any time since the 1930s. Among the most important factors of America’s…
Many view civil wars as violent contests between armed combatants. But history shows that community groups, businesses, NGOs, local…
How do ‘people power’ movements succeed when modest proportions of the population participate? Here we propose that the effects of social…