People from Los Angeles and San Francisco are calling me and asking: “Should we be getting our families out of the city? Are we about to be…
The costs of air and water pollution in India are extraordinarily high. Consequently, the deterioration of environmental quality is likely…
This paper presents a conceptual account of urban governance in Mumbai as a rent-sharing system based fundamentally on control over urban…
President Donald Trump's decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement is yet another manifestation – alongside the budget…
Many countries are trying to diversify their economies. Sri Lanka is an example. Governments like Sri Lanka often lack the capabilities to…
Several field experiments find positive returns to grants for male and not female microentrepreneurs. But, these analyses largely overlook…
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas…
Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives.
Yet we know little about whether this works…
Using a biometric technology to monitor the attendance of public health workers in India resulted in a 15 percent increase in staff…