Aligning Incentives, Accelerating Impact: Next Generation Financing Models...
Aligning Incentives, Accelerating Impact: Next Generation Financing Models for Global HealthPublications12/15/15Founded in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global...
View ArticleThe Role of Industrial Policy as a Development Tool: New Evidence from the...
The Role of Industrial Policy as a Development Tool: New Evidence from the Globalization of Trade-and-InvestmentPublications12/11/15Emerging market countries that manage to diversify and upgrade their...
View ArticleHow the Green Climate Fund Could Promote REDD+ through a Cash on Delivery...
How the Green Climate Fund Could Promote REDD+ through a Cash on Delivery Instrument: Issues and OptionsPublications1/7/16Climate change will have profound effects on development, poverty, health, and...
View ArticleShine a Light on the Gaps
Shine a Light on the GapsPublications1/19/16If Africa’s smallholder farmers are going to lift themselves out of poverty, they need access to formal financial services instead of the unstable,...
View ArticleA US Law or Executive Order to Combat Gender Apartheid at Work in...
A US Law or Executive Order to Combat Gender Apartheid at Work in Discriminatory CountriesPublications1/19/16A number of countries worldwide have laws that specifically discriminate against women’s...
View ArticleThe New Role of the World Bank - Working Paper 421
The New Role of the World Bank - Working Paper 421Publications1/25/16Many developing countries need the World Bank’s capital less and less. What role should the Bank play in the 21st century? This...
View ArticleAlternatives to HIPC for African Debt-Distressed Countries: Lessons from...
Alternatives to HIPC for African Debt-Distressed Countries: Lessons from Myanmar, Nigeria, and ZimbabwePublications2/3/16Despite the success of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) in reducing...
View ArticleInternational Tax, Transparency, and Finance for Development: A Short Guide...
International Tax, Transparency, and Finance for Development: A Short Guide for the PerplexedPublications2/12/16In the search for sustainable sources of finance for development, the potential for...
View ArticleNext Generation Financing for Global Health: What, Why, When, How?
Next Generation Financing for Global Health: What, Why, When, How?Publications2/16/16Many researchers and policymakers have hypothesized that funding models tying grant payments to achieved and...
View ArticleMiddle-Class Heroes: The Best Guarantee of Good Governance
Middle-Class Heroes: The Best Guarantee of Good GovernancePublications2/16/16The two economic developments that have garnered the most attention in recent years are the concentration of massive wealth...
View ArticleUsing Identification for Development: Some Guiding Principles
Using Identification for Development: Some Guiding PrinciplesPublications2/22/16There is growing recognition of the importance of identification for sustainable development. Its role is recognized...
View ArticleFamily Planning Program Effects: A Review of Evidence from Microdata -...
Family Planning Program Effects: A Review of Evidence from Microdata - Working Paper 422Publications2/22/16This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning...
View ArticleThe New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment - Working...
The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment - Working Paper 423Publications2/22/16For decades, migration economics has stressed the effects of migration restrictions on income...
View ArticleGlobal Health Donors Viewed as Regulators of Monopolistic Service Providers:...
Global Health Donors Viewed as Regulators of Monopolistic Service Providers: Lessons from Regulatory Literature - Working Paper 424Publications2/23/16Controlling healthcare costs while promoting...
View ArticleDesigning Contracts for the Global Fund: Lessons from the Theory of...
Designing Contracts for the Global Fund: Lessons from the Theory of Incentives - Working Paper 425Publications2/23/16This paper uses contract theory to suggest simple contract designs that could be...
View ArticleBalancing Financial Integrity with Financial Inclusion: The Risk-Based...
Balancing Financial Integrity with Financial Inclusion: The Risk-Based Approach to “Know Your Customer”Publications2/25/16Recognizing the importance of financial inclusion as a policy objective,...
View ArticleAssessing the US Feed the Future Initiative: A New Approach to Food Security?
Assessing the US Feed the Future Initiative: A New Approach to Food Security?Publications3/1/16 Data on Feed the Future's results are just becoming available, and there is strikingly little independent...
View ArticleStatement of the Honorable Clay Lowery Before the Task Force to Investigate...
Statement of the Honorable Clay Lowery Before the Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing on “Helping the Developing World Fight Terror...
View ArticleAnti-Corruption Strategies in Foreign Aid: From Controls to Results
Anti-Corruption Strategies in Foreign Aid: From Controls to ResultsPublications4/3/16Corruption is an obstacle to social and economic progress in developing countries yet we still know very little...
View ArticleDo the Results Match the Rhetoric? An Examination of World Bank Gender Projects
Do the Results Match the Rhetoric? An Examination of World Bank Gender ProjectsPublications3/7/16This paper seeks to determine the degree to which a gender lens has been incorporated into World Bank...
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