We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with…
While experts, commentators, and many others have been urging Washington to discount or even ignore Putin’s threats, U.S. President Joe…
“In 2008, the Chinese government cracked down on protests throughout Tibet, and journalist Amy Yee found herself covering a press…
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…
Fatema Z. Sumar is the Executive Director of the Harvard Center for International Development (CID) and an Adjunct Lecturer in Public…
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,…