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Working Papers
2023
- Rely (only) on the rigorous evidence” is bad advice
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
2021
- Let’s Take the Con Out of Randomized Control Trials in Development: The Puzzles and Paradoxes of External Validity, Empirically Illustrated
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (4)
- National Development Delivers: And How! And How?
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (1)
See also Journal Article National development delivers: And how! And how?, Economic Modelling, Elsevier (2022) View citations (6) (2022)
2019
- Doing business in a deals world - The doubly false premise of rules reform
Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (4)
Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2019) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Doing business in a deals world: the doubly false premise of rules reform, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
- Learning Equity Requires More than Equality: Learning Goals and Achievement Gaps between the Rich and the Poor in Five Developing Countries
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (6)
- The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability Problems
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
2018
- Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2018) View citations (3)
2017
- Autonomous Reform vs Global Isomorphism: Explaining Iran’s Success in Reducing Fertility
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
- Escaping Capability Traps through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (3)
Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2012) View citations (59) Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012) View citations (62) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (66) Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (64)
See also Journal Article Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA), World Development, Elsevier (2013) View citations (65) (2013)
- Girls’ Schooling and Women’s Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won’t Reach Learning Goals
Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
See also Journal Article Girls’ schooling and women’s literacy: schooling targets alone won’t reach learning goals, International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
2016
- Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
Also in Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2016) CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2016) View citations (8)
- Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers - Working Paper 428
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (6)
- Democracy Versus Dictatorship? The Political Determinants of Growth Episodes
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
Also in Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester (2016) View citations (1)
- Doing Iterative and Adaptive Work
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (2)
- Is There a Goldilocks Solution? “Just Right” Promotion of Labor Mobility
Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
- Managing Your Authorizing Environment in a PDIA Process
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (1)
- Scaling PDIA through Broad Agency, and Your Role
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
- Searching for the Devil in the Details: Learning about Development Program Design
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
- The Big Stuck in State Capability for Policy Implementation
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
- The New Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (43)
- The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment
Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2016) View citations (35) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (46)
See also Journal Article The new economic case for migration restrictions: An assessment, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (23) (2019)
2015
- Doing Problem Driven Work
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (7)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2015) View citations (4)
- Slow Down, You're Going Too Fast: Matching Curricula to Student Skill Levels
Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (30)
See also Journal Article Slow down, you’re going too fast: Matching curricula to student skill levels, International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier (2015) View citations (23) (2015)
- Taxes: Price of Civilization or Tribute to Leviathan? - Working Paper 412
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
- The Challenge of Building (Real) State Capability
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (6)
Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2015) View citations (6)
- Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting versus Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
- Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting vs Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (1)
2014
- Asiaphoria Meets Regression to the Mean
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (80)
See also Journal Article Asia-phoria meet regression to the mean, Proceedings, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2013) View citations (3) (2013)
- The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (5)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2014) View citations (6)
- The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism: Concepts, with Examples from India
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)
- Trillions Gained and Lost: Estimating the Magnitude of Growth Episodes
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
Also in Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester (2013) View citations (3) CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2014) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Trillions gained and lost: Estimating the magnitude of growth episodes, Economic Modelling, Elsevier (2016) View citations (23) (2016)
- Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting Versus Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India - Working Paper 391
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
2013
- Context Matters for Size: Why External Validity Claims and Development Practice Don't Mix-Working Paper 336
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (27)
- Estimating Income/Expenditure Differences across Populations: New Fun with Old Engel's Law-Working Paper 339
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (8)
- It's All about MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning ("e") to Crawl the Design Space
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (19)
Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2012) View citations (8) Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Research Program in Development Studies. (2012) View citations (10) CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2012) View citations (3) Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2013) View citations (8)
- Looking for a Break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes
IEG Working Papers, Institute of Economic Growth View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Looking for a break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes, Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (43) (2013)
- Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (7)
Also in Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2013) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2013) View citations (8)
- Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down-Working Paper 338
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)
- South Sudan's Capability Trap: Building a State with Disruptive Innovation
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (4)
Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2013) View citations (7) CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013) View citations (7)
- The State, Socialization, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternate Producers?
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (7)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013) View citations (7) Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab (2013)
2012
- Developing the guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): elite commitment and inclusive growth
Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (23)
- From Schooling Goals to Learning Goals: How Fast Can Student Learning Improve?
Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
- Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (13)
Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2012) View citations (9)
See also Journal Article Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (92) (2013)
- Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (15)
Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (15) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012) View citations (15) Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2012) View citations (15) CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2012) View citations (15)
- The Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries - Working Paper 293
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (16)
2011
- How business is done and the'doing business'indicators: the investment climate when firms have climate control
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2010) View citations (12)
2010
- Birth Satisfaction Units (BSU): Measuring Cross-National Differences in Human Well-Being
Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) View citations (4)
- Capability Traps? The Mechanisms of Persistent Implementation Failure - Working Paper 234
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (67)
- Deals Versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It
Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (33)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2010) View citations (7) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2010) View citations (39) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010) View citations (23) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (39)
See also Chapter Deals versus Rules: Policy Implementation Uncertainty and Why Firms Hate It, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) (2014)
- Explaining the Cross-National Time Series Variation in Life Expectancy: Income, Women’s Education, Shifts, and What Else?
Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present), Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) View citations (7)
- In brief: Producing superstars for the economic World Cup
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
- The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers across the US Border
Working Papers, University of Chile, Department of Economics View citations (7)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (69) Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (24) Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2008) View citations (109) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (53)
2009
- Is India a Flailing State? Detours on the Four Lane Highway to Modernization
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (26)
Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (27)
- The Illusion of Equality: The Educational Consequences of Blinding Weak States, For Example
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
2008
- Income per natural: Measuring development as if people mattered more than places
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (24)
2006
- A Millennium Learning Goal: Measuring Real Progress in Education
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (29)
2005
- The political economy of targeted safety nets
Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (26)
- Voice Lessons:Local Government Organizations, Social Organizations, and the Quality of Local Governance
Working Papers, eSocialSciences
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations (8)
2004
- Boom Towns and Ghost Countries: Geography, Agglomeration, and Population Mobility
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (5)
- Growth Accelerations
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (79)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (70) Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations (70)
See also Journal Article Growth Accelerations, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2005) View citations (306) (2005)
- The Varieties of Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Export Structures Affect the Political Economy of Economic Growth
Middlebury College Working Paper Series, Middlebury College, Department of Economics View citations (10)
Also in Middlebury College Working Paper Series, Middlebury College, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (114)
- Towards a New Consensus for Addressing the Global Challenge of the Lack of Education
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
2003
- Who is not Poor? Proposing a Higher International Standard for Poverty
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
2002
- Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development
Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Solutions When the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development, World Development, Elsevier (2004) View citations (157) (2004)
- Targeted Programs in an Economic Crisis: Empirical Findings from Indonesia’s Experience
CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (30)
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (12)
2000
- A Quick and Dirty Estimate of Measurement Error in Household Survey Consumption Expenditures: Application to Indonesian Data
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
- Measurements of poverty in Indonesia - 1996, 1999, and beyond
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (23)
- Quantifying vulnerability to poverty - a proposed measure, applied to Indonesia
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (178)
- Safety nets and safety ropes - who benefited from two Indonesian crisis programs - the"poor"or the"shocked"?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
- Social Impacts of the Indonesian Crisis: New Data and Policy Implications
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (24)
- The evolution of poverty during the crisis in Indonesia, 1996-99
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (25)
- The tyranny of concepts - CUDIE (Cumulated, Depreciated Investment Effort) is NOT capital
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (208)
See also Journal Article The Tyranny of Concepts: CUDIE (Cumulated, Depreciated, Investment Effort) Is Not Capital, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2000) View citations (211) (2000)
1998
- Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data - or tears: with an application to educational enrollments in states of India
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (198)
- Gender disparity in South Asia: comparisons between and within countries
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (29)
- Health policy in poor countries: weak links in the chain
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (51)
- Patterns of economic growth: hills, plateaus, mountains, and plains
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
- The effect of household wealth on educational attainment: demographic and health survey evidence
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (34)
1997
- Cents and sociability: household income and social capital in rural Tanzania
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (135)
See also Journal Article Cents and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (1999) View citations (340) (1999)
- Child mortality and public spending on health: how much does money matter?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (79)
- More for the poor is less for the poor: the politics of targeting
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
- What educational production functions really show: a positive theory of education spending
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (27)
1996
- Environmental degradation and the demand for children: searching for the vicious circle
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
- Mind your P's and Q's: the cost of public investment is not the value of public capital
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (38)
- Population growth, factor accumulation, and productivity
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
- Where has all the education gone?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (228)
1995
- Divergence, big time
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (36)
See also Journal Article Divergence, Big Time, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (1997) View citations (487) (1997)
- Does more for the poor mean less for the poor? The politics of tagging
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
- Governance and returns on investment: an empirical investigation
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
1994
- Desired fertility and the impact of population policies
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (146)
- Does participation improve project performance: establishing causality with subjective data
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
- Where in the world is population growth bad?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
1993
- Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (484)
See also Journal Article Good policy or good luck?: Country growth performance and temporary shocks, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (1993) View citations (487) (1993)
- Intra - Sub - Saharan African trade: is it too little?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (99)
See also Journal Article Intra-sub-Saharan African Trade: Is It Too Little?, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (1993) View citations (111) (1993)
- Tariff rates, tariff revenue, and tariff reform: some new facts
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
See also Journal Article Tariff Rates, Tariff Revenue, and Tariff Reform: Some New Facts, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (1994) View citations (78) (1994)
- Wealthier is healthier
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (75)
See also Journal Article Wealthier is Healthier, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1996) View citations (503) (1996)
1991
- European trade patterns after the transition
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (62)
- Measuring outward orientation in developing countries: can it be done?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (20)
- Measuring real exchange rate instability in developing countries: empirical evidence and implications
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
1988
- Import demand in developing countries
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
Journal Articles
2023
- The Learning Crisis of Developing Country Elites: Lessons from PISA-D
The World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37, (2), 177-204 View citations (4)
2022
- Doing business in a deals world: the doubly false premise of rules reform
Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2022, 25, (4), 361-387 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Doing business in a deals world - The doubly false premise of rules reform, Global Development Institute Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
- National development delivers: And how! And how?
Economic Modelling, 2022, 107, (C) View citations (6)
See also Working Paper National Development Delivers: And How! And How?, CID Working Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
2021
- A structured model of the dynamics of student learning in developing countries, with applications to policy
International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 82, (C) View citations (8)
- Effective investment in women's futures: Schooling with learning
International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 86, (C) View citations (2)
- Learning equity requires more than equality: Learning goals and achievement gaps between the rich and the poor in five developing countries⋆
International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 82, (C) View citations (7)
2020
- Aiming higher: Learning profiles and gender equality in 10 low- and middle-income countries
International Journal of Educational Development, 2020, 79, (C) View citations (8)
- Girls’ schooling and women’s literacy: schooling targets alone won’t reach learning goals
International Journal of Educational Development, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Girls’ Schooling and Women’s Literacy: Schooling Targets Alone Won’t Reach Learning Goals, Policy Papers (2017) (2017)
- The future of jobs is facing one, maybe two, of the biggest price distortions ever
Middle East Development Journal, 2020, 12, (1), 131-156 View citations (3)
2019
- The Place Premium: Bounding the Price Equivalent of Migration Barriers
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (2), 201-213 View citations (45)
- The new economic case for migration restrictions: An assessment
Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, (C), 153-164 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper The New Economic Case for Migration Restrictions: An Assessment, Growth Lab Working Papers (2016) (2016)
2016
- Trillions gained and lost: Estimating the magnitude of growth episodes
Economic Modelling, 2016, 55, (C), 279-291 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Trillions Gained and Lost: Estimating the Magnitude of Growth Episodes, Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
2015
- Does public sector control reduce variance in school quality?
Education Economics, 2015, 23, (5), 557-576 View citations (10)
- Eric A. Hanushek & Ludger Woessmann, Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth
Turkish Economic Review, 2015, 2, (3), 203-207
- How Business Is Done in the Developing World: Deals versus Rules
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2015, 29, (3), 121-40 View citations (65)
- Learning from Experiments When Context Matters
American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 471-75 View citations (48)
- Slow down, you’re going too fast: Matching curricula to student skill levels
International Journal of Educational Development, 2015, 40, (C), 276-288 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Slow Down, You're Going Too Fast: Matching Curricula to Student Skill Levels, Mathematica Policy Research Reports (2015) View citations (30) (2015)
- The State, Socialisation, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers?
Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (7), 784-807 View citations (12)
2014
- Context Matters for Size: Why External Validity Claims and Development Practice do not Mix
Journal of Globalization and Development, 2014, 4, (2), 161-197 View citations (14)
- Robert William Fogel, Enid M. Fogel, Mark Guglielmo, and Nathaniel Grotte, Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics
Population and Development Review, 2014, 40, (1), 170-170
2013
- Asia-phoria meet regression to the mean
Proceedings, 2013, (Nov), 1-35 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Asiaphoria Meets Regression to the Mean, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (80) (2014)
- Escaping Capability Traps Through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)
World Development, 2013, 51, (C), 234-244 View citations (65)
See also Working Paper Escaping Capability Traps through Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA), CID Working Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
- Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation
Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49, (1), 1-18 View citations (92)
See also Working Paper Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation, CID Working Papers (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
- Looking for a break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes
Journal of Macroeconomics, 2013, 38, (PB), 151-166 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Looking for a Break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes, IEG Working Papers (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
- Why Demographic Suicide? The Puzzles of European Fertility
Population and Development Review, 2013, 38, 55-71 View citations (1)
2011
- Charles Kenny; Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Population and Development Review, 2011, 37, (2), 397-399
2009
- A Review of Edward Luce's In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
Journal of Economic Literature, 2009, 47, (3), 771-80 View citations (3)
2008
- Income per Natural: Measuring Development for People Rather Than Places
Population and Development Review, 2008, 34, (3), 395-434 View citations (54)
2007
- Teacher Compensation: Can Decentralization to Local Bodies Take India from the Perfect Storm Through Troubled Waters to Clear Sailing?
India Policy Forum, 2007, 3, (1), 123-177 View citations (6)
Also in India Policy Forum, 2006, 3, (1), 123-177 (2006) View citations (8)
2006
- Who is Not Poor? Dreaming of a World Truly Free of Poverty
The World Bank Research Observer, 2006, 21, (1), 1-23 View citations (24)
2005
- Growth Accelerations
Journal of Economic Growth, 2005, 10, (4), 303-329 View citations (306)
See also Working Paper Growth Accelerations, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (79) (2004)
- The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth
The World Bank Economic Review, 2005, 19, (2), 141-174 View citations (478)
2004
- Ought ain't is: midnight thoughts on education
Brussels Economic Review, 2004, 47, (3-4), 321-340
- Solutions When the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development
World Development, 2004, 32, (2), 191-212 View citations (157)
See also Working Paper Solutions when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development, Working Papers (2002) View citations (8) (2002)
2003
- Comment on: Institutions, trade, and growth
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (1), 163-165 View citations (8)
- Evolution of Poverty During the Crisis in Indonesia
Asian Economic Journal, 2003, 17, (3), 221-241 View citations (60)
- Safety Nets or Safety Ropes? Dynamic Benefit Incidence of Two Crisis Programs in Indonesia
World Development, 2003, 31, (7), 1257-1277 View citations (21)
2002
- Environmental degradation and the demand for children: searching for the vicious circle in Pakistan
Environment and Development Economics, 2002, 7, (1), 123-146 View citations (11)
- Is More for the Poor Less for the Poor? The Politics of Means-Tested Targeting
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2002, 2, (1), 1-28 View citations (36)
- It pays to be ignorant: A simple political economy of rigorous program evaluation
Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2002, 5, (4), 251-269 View citations (36)
- Weak Links in the Chain II: A Prescription for Health Policy in Poor Countries
The World Bank Research Observer, 2002, 17, (1), 47-66 View citations (20)
- What’s the Big Idea? The Third Generation of Policies for Economic Growth
Economía Journal, 2002, Volume 3 Number 1, (Fall 2002), 1-40 View citations (21)
2001
- Eating like which “Joneses?” an Iterative Solution to the Choice of a Poverty Line “Reference Group”
Review of Income and Wealth, 2001, 47, (4), 473-487 View citations (22)
- Estimating Wealth Effects Without Expenditure Data—Or Tears: An Application To Educational Enrollments In States Of India*
Demography, 2001, 38, (1), 115-132 View citations (1134)
- Indicator targeting in a political economy: Leakier can be better
Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 2001, 4, (2), 113-145 View citations (2)
2000
- The Tyranny of Concepts: CUDIE (Cumulated, Depreciated, Investment Effort) Is Not Capital
Journal of Economic Growth, 2000, 5, (4), 361-84 View citations (211)
See also Working Paper The tyranny of concepts - CUDIE (Cumulated, Depreciated Investment Effort) is NOT capital, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (208) (2000)
- Understanding Patterns of Economic Growth: Searching for Hills among Plateaus, Mountains, and Plains
The World Bank Economic Review, 2000, 14, (2), 221-50 View citations (308)
- Weak Links in the Chain: A Diagnosis of Health Policy in Poor Countries
The World Bank Research Observer, 2000, 15, (2), 199-224 View citations (133)
1999
- A National Snapshot of the Social Impact of Indonesia's Crisis
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 1999, 35, (3), 145-152 View citations (8)
- Cents and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1999, 47, (4), 871-97 View citations (340)
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1994
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1993
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2002
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2014
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2006
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2003
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Palgrave Macmillan
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