Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Indian roads represent the worlds' largest program of private sector investment in road development…
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…
“Born in Pedamaddali village of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh in 1939, K. Madhava Rao did his early schooling in a village school,…
“Part memoir, part guide, Burning My Roti is essential reading for a new generation of South Asian women. With chapters covering sexual and…
Many developing country governments determine eligibility for anti-poverty programs using censuses of household assets. Does this distort…
High pollution persists in many developing countries despite strict environmental rules. We use a field experiment and a structural model…
No piece of hardware better exemplifies America’s military might than an aircraft carrier. And for more than seven decades, dating to the…
Today in India, 67% percent of men own mobile phones, but only 33% percent of women do. South Asian countries in general are clear outliers…