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Thank you for your patronage: Discretionary appointments and bureaucrat performance
Data on the British Empire show patronage in civil service appointments was a good system for those who got jobs but bad news for almost everyone else
Colonial investments in education in India
Investment, enrolment and achievement in primary education in India lag the rest of Asia and Latin America – a crisis 150 years in the making
Democracy in Pakistan: Elections tell us why politicians behave badly
Politicians in Pakistan provide patronage and are perceived as corrupt. Regime instability and incumbency disadvantage may explain their behaviour.
Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India
The economic and political consequences of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947
Pathways to human development: Explaining the Bangladesh surprise
Low-cost solutions and social mobilisation have helped surprising improvements in social development indicators, however there remain many challenges
The changing face of development: A conversation with Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu discusses global development issues, including the World Bank’s changing mission and its engagement with the world
The changing face of development policy in India: A conversation with Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu discusses India-specific issues including the use of economic knowledge in policymaking and the role of values in public service delivery
Fast internet and employment in Africa
Local employment effects of fast internet connections show that ICT might be one of the most effective employment-creating policies in Africa
Increasing crop insurance adoption among smallholder farmers with pay-at-harvest premium payment
The cost of insurance comes before the benefit. For crop insurance, pay-at-harvest premiums remove this gap, and can increase demand substantially.
The lives and times of civil servants in the developing world
Insights into the lives and experiences of civil servants in developing countries
