Key takeaways from research on political economy and development, and some important questions which remain unanswered

Oil multinationals in Nigeria divesting their onshore assets to local firms resulted in substantial improvements in output and declines in oil theft...

What do we know about the impacts of decentralised governance in developing countries?

A radio campaign highlighting the costs of vote buying drew close to 3 million votes away from vote-buying parties

Union leaders exhibit better leadership qualities than average workers and cultivate collective action in labour movements through a coordinating...

Falling groundwater levels in India have enabled politicians to manipulate aid for electoral gain

Evidence from a participatory development experiment in Ghana shows that political insiders lose out when international aid underperforms

The impacts of a campaign to raise awareness of Chile’s new gender quota show how voters strategically respond to electoral laws

When electoral rules encourage politicians to secure a broader base of support, politicians provide public goods more broadly