Politicians who share power impose checks and balances on each other, improving local governance and leading to better economic outcomes.

Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead...

Social media groups can improve voter knowledge, but may also increase polarisation in political preferences

Bureaucratic representation in the Indian civil service lowered mortality rates during the 1918 influenza pandemic

Autocrats may further discriminate against their opposition as a way to minimise the scope of dissent during economic shocks

ICT-enabled monitoring tools effectively encourage citizens to oversee their elections and reduce fraud

Political discrimination in the workplace is large in magnitude, and impacts hiring, pay and promotion

Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality

The success of an intervention to increase state presence in gang-controlled neighbourhoods depended on the initial level of gang vs state governance