Five Approaches to Doing Better in Foreign Assistance during Times of Budget...
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Financing for Whom by Whom? Complexities of Advancing Energy Access in IndiaPublications7/25/17This paper finds that end-user financing (i.e. consumer subsidies and tax rebates) is relatively...
View ArticleMiddle Class: Winners or Losers in a Globalized World?
Middle Class: Winners or Losers in a Globalized World? Publications8/2/17Globalization is under attack in the West. The debate among pundits is no longer about whether globalization is to blame or not....
View ArticleThe IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American Dream -...
The IT Boom and Other Unintended Consequences of Chasing the American Dream - Working Paper 460Publications8/4/17With the majority of all H-1B visas going to Indians, we study how US immigration policy...
View ArticleEvaluating Evaluations: Assessing the Quality of Aid Agency Evaluations in...
Evaluating Evaluations: Assessing the Quality of Aid Agency Evaluations in Global Health - Working Paper 461Publications6/27/17We assessed the methodological quality of global health program...
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Good Quality Evaluations for Good Policy: Findings and Recommendations from Aid Agency Evaluations in Global HealthPublications8/18/17Evaluations are key to learning and accountability yet their...
View ArticleCan a Public-Private Partnership Improve Liberia’s Schools?
Can a Public-Private Partnership Improve Liberia’s Schools?Publications8/24/17After one year, public schools managed by private operators raised student learning by 60 percent compared to standard...
View ArticleThe Electricity Situation in Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities
The Electricity Situation in Ghana: Challenges and OpportunitiesPublications8/29/17In the past decade, Ghana has experienced severe electricity supply challenges even though installed generation...
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Commitment to Development Index 2017Publications9/5/17The Commitment to Development Index ranks 27 of the world's richest countries on policies that affect more than five billion people living in...
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Can Outsourcing Improve Liberia’s Schools? - Working Paper 462Publications9/6/17After one year, public schools managed by private contractors in Liberia raised student learning by 60 percent, compared...
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Automation, AI, and the Emerging EconomiesPublications9/8/17For the world’s middle-income countries, the changes unleashed by automation, digital technologies, and the advent of increasingly more...
View ArticleForeign Policy Is Migration Policy: Lessons from the Drivers of Central...
Foreign Policy Is Migration Policy: Lessons from the Drivers of Central American Child MigrationPublications9/12/17From 2011 to 2016, about 179,000 unaccompanied children from El Salvador, Honduras,...
View ArticleThe Gitanjali Cooperative: A Social Enterprise in the Making (brief)
The Gitanjali Cooperative: A Social Enterprise in the Making (brief)Publications9/15/17In 1995 India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) organized women waste pickers in Ahmedabad into a...
View ArticleGlobal Business and Refugee Crises: A Framework for Sustainable Engagement
Global Business and Refugee Crises: A Framework for Sustainable EngagementPublications9/20/17Global businesses can make unique and valuable contributions to refugee response by engaging refugees not as...
View ArticleAdvancing the Evidence Agenda at USAID
Advancing the Evidence Agenda at USAIDPublications9/26/17Front and center in discussions around the reform and redesign of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are the...
View ArticleSolving the Private Sector Imbroglio
Solving the Private Sector ImbroglioPublications10/2/17Disagreement over how investments in the private sector are counting to aid is threatening to overwhelm the OECD Development Assistance Committee....
View ArticleAssessing “Leverage” in the Climate Investment Funds
Assessing “Leverage” in the Climate Investment FundsPublications9/19/17The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) are a pair of multilateral trust funds that provide funding to 48 developing and middle income...
View ArticleTesting for Repugnance in Economic Transactions: Evidence from Guest Work in...
Testing for Repugnance in Economic Transactions: Evidence from Guest Work in the Gulf - Working Paper 463Publications10/4/17Workers from poor countries can find enormous economic opportunity by working...
View ArticleNorms and Reform: Legalizing Homosexuality Improves Attitudes - Working Paper...
Norms and Reform: Legalizing Homosexuality Improves Attitudes - Working Paper 465Publications10/4/17This analysis examines the relationship between legal reform and social norms surrounding...
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