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Working Papers

2009

1. Empirics of Strategic Interdependence: The Case of the Racial Tipping Point
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2008

2. Can the West Save Africa?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2009)
3. Superpower Interventions and their Consequences for Democracy: An Empirical Inquiry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations

2007

5. Walking up the down escalator: public investment and fiscal stability
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article in World Bank Research Observer (2008)

2006

6. Artificial States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2006) View citations
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2006) View citations
7. Development, Democracy and Mass Killings
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2006) View citations
8. Social Cohesion, Institutions, and Growth
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
   See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2006)

2005

9. Reliving the '50s: The Big Push, Poverty Traps, and Takeoffs in Economic Development
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2006)
10. The Lamentable Return of the Big Push in Economic Development
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Kiel 2005, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics

2003

11. Fractionalization
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business (2002) View citations
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2002) View citations
12. National Policies and Economic Growth: A Reappraisal
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
    See also Chapter (2005)
13. New Data, New Doubts: Revisiting "Aid, Policies, and Growth"
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
14. New Data, New doubts: A Comment on Burnside and Dollar's "Aid, Policies, and Growth" (2000)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

15. How Did Latin America’s Infrastructure Fare in the era of Macroeconomic Crises?
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
16. Infrastructure Compression and Public Sector Solvency in Latin America
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
17. It's Not Factor Accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models
    Working Papers Central Bank of Chile, Central Bank of Chile View citations
18. Low Investment is Not the Constraint on African Development
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2003)
19. Tropics, Germs, and Crops: How Endowments Influence Economic Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (2003)
20. What did Structural Adjustment Adjust? The Association of Policies and Growth with Repeated IMF and World Bank Adjustment Loans
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2005)

2001

21. Growth implosions, debt explosions, and my Aunt Marilyn: do growth slowdowns cause public debt crises?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
22. Is investment in Africa too low or too high: macro and micro evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
23. The Effect of IMF and World Bank Programmes on Poverty
    Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations
24. The effect of International Monetary Fund and World Bank programs on poverty
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

2000

25. Can institutions resolve ethnic conflict ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2001)
26. Inflation and the poor
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (2001)
27. On"good"politicians and"bad"policies - social cohesion, institutions, and growth
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
28. the middle class consensus and economic development
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Growth (2001)

1999

29. How did highly indebted poor countries become highly indebted?: reviewing two decades of debt relief
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
30. Life during growth: international evidence on quality of life and per capita income
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
31. Public goods and ethnic divisions
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1999)
32. Small states, small problems?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
33. The search for the key: aid, investment, and policies in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of African Economies (1999)
34. When is fiscal adjustment an illusion?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Policy (1999)

1998

35. Redistributive Public Employment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2000)

1997

36. Has Latin America's post-reform growth been disappointing?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Economics (1997)
37. The ghost of financing gap: how the Harrod-Domar growth model still haunts development economics
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

1996

38. Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1997)
39. Inflation's Children: Tales of Crises that Beget Reforms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1996)
40. The Wild Ride of the Ruble
    Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Finance & Economics (1996)

1995

41. Africa's growth tragedy: a retrospective, 1960-89
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
42. Inflation Crises and Long-Run Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1995) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1998)

1994

43. Explaining miracles: growth regressions meet the Gang of Four
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Chapter (1995)
44. Financing the storm: macroeconomic crisis in Russia, 1992-93
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
45. Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1993)
46. Policy, Technology Adoption and Growth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations
47. Service as a major source of growth in Russia and other former Soviet states
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
48. The Soviet Economic Decline: Historical and Republican Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1994) View citations

1993

49. Good Policy or Good Luck? Country Growth Performance and Temporary Shocks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1993)
50. How much do distortions affect growth?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1993)

1992

51. How Do National Policies Affect Long-Run Growth? A Research Agenda
    World Bank - Discussion Papers, World Bank
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1991) View citations
52. Marginal income tax rates and economic growth in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in European Economic Review (1993)
53. Money demand and seignorage - maximizing inflation
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1995)

1991

54. Economic stagnation, fixed factors, and policy thresholds
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1994)
55. The macroeconomics of public sector deficits: a synthesis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
56. The macroeconomics of the public sector deficit: the case of Colombia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

1990

57. Financial sector policy in Thailand: a macroeconomic perspective
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
58. Modeling the macroeconomic requirements of policy reforms
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1989

59. A consistency framework for macroeconomic analysis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
60. Fiscal adjustment and deficit financing during the debt crisis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations
61. How much fiscal adjustment is enough? The case of Colombia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
62. Policy Destortions, Size of Government, and Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1989) View citations
63. Policy determinants of growth: survey of theory and evidence
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Can the West Save Africa?
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2009, 47, (2), 373-447 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)
2. How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa
   World Development, 2009, 37, (1), 26-35 View citations

2008

3. Institutions: Top Down or Bottom Up?
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 95-99 View citations
4. Planners vs. Searchers in African Agricultural Aid
   QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, 2008, (3)
5. Walking up the Down Escalator: Public Investment and Fiscal Stability
   World Bank Research Observer, 2008, 23, (1), 37-56
   See also Working Paper (2007)
6. Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (2), 29-52 View citations

2007

7. Are aid agencies improving?
   Economic Policy, 2007, 22, 633-678 View citations
8. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
   Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (517), F169-F174
9. Inequality does cause underdevelopment: Insights from a new instrument
   Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (2), 755-776 View citations
10. Was Development Assistance a Mistake?
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 328-332 View citations

2006

11. An identity crisis? Examining IMF financial programming
    World Development, 2006, 34, (6), 964-980 View citations
12. Comment évaluer les besoins d'aide ? Réponse: ne posez pas la question
    Revue d’économie du développement, 2006, 20, (2), 7-26
13. Reliving the 1950s: the big push, poverty traps, and takeoffs in economic development
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2006, 11, (4), 289-318 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
14. SOCIAL COHESION, INSTITUTIONS, AND GROWTH
    Economics and Politics, 2006, 18, (2), 103-120 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2006)
15. The Big Push Deja Vu: A Review of Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2006, 44, (1), 96-105 View citations

2005

16. Comment on: "Latin America in the rear view mirror"
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2005, 52, (1), 109-112
17. What did structural adjustment adjust?: The association of policies and growth with repeated IMF and World Bank adjustment loans
    Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 76, (1), 1-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

18. Aid, Policies, and Growth: Comment
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (3), 774-780 View citations
19. Globalization, Inequality, and Development: The Big Picture
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2004, 22, (S1), 57-87 View citations

2003

20. Can Foreign Aid Buy Growth?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (3), 23-48 View citations
21. In Search of the Holy Grail
    World Economics, 2003, 4, (3), 51-92
22. Low Investment Is Not the Constraint on African Development
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2003, 51, (3), 547-71 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
23. The Impact of Globalization on Rural Poverty
    World Economics, 2003, 4, (2), 143-162
24. Tropics, germs, and crops: how endowments influence economic development
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2003, 50, (1), 3-39 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

25. How Did Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Become Heavily Indebted? Reviewing Two Decades of Debt Relief
    World Development, 2002, 30, (10), 1677-1696 View citations
26. The cartel of good intentions: the problem of bureaucracy in foreign aid
    Journal of Policy Reform, 2002, 5, (4), 223-250 View citations

2001

27. Can Institutions Resolve Ethnic Conflict?
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2001, 49, (4), 687-706 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
28. Do Crises Induce Reform? Simple Empirical Tests of Conventional Wisdom
    Economics and Politics, 2001, 13, (2), 129-157 View citations
29. Inflation and the Poor
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2001, 33, (2), 160-78 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
30. SESSION 2A: VALUES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (02), 518-518
31. The Lost Decades: Developing Countries' Stagnation in Spite of Policy Reform 1980-1998
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2001, 6, (2), 135-57 View citations
32. The Middle Class Consensus and Economic Development
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2001, 6, (4), 317-35 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

33. Redistributive Public Employment
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2000, 48, (2), 219-241 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
34. Small States, Small Problems? Income, Growth, and Volatility in Small States
    World Development, 2000, 28, (11), 2013-2027 View citations

1999

35. Life during Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 1999, 4, (3), 239-76 View citations
36. Public Goods And Ethnic Divisions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (4), 1243-1284 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
37. The Search for the Key: Aid, Investment and Policies in Africa
    Journal of African Economies, 1999, 8, (4), 546-77 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
38. The ghost of financing gap: testing the growth model used in the international financial institutions
    Journal of Development Economics, 1999, 60, (2), 423-438 View citations
39. When is fiscal adjustment an illusion?
    Economic Policy, 1999, 14, (28), 55-86 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

40. Inflation crises and long-run growth
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1998, 41, (1), 3-26 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)
41. Troubles with the Neighbours: Africa's Problem, Africa's Opportunity
    Journal of African Economies, 1998, 7, (1), 120-42 View citations

1997

42. Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997, 112, (4), 1203-50 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
43. Has Latin America's post-reform growth been disappointing?
    Journal of International Economics, 1997, 43, (3-4), 287-311 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

44. Inflation and growth: in search of a stable relationship
    Proceedings, 1996, (May), 139-146 View citations
45. Inflation's Children: Tales of Crises That Beget Reforms
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 213-17 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
46. The Wild Ride of the Ruble
    International Journal of Finance & Economics, 1996, 1, (4), 251-61 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

47. Money Demand and Seigniorage-Maximizing Inflation
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1995, 27, (2), 583-603 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
48. The Soviet Economic Decline
    World Bank Economic Review, 1995, 9, (3), 341-71 View citations

1994

49. Economic stagnation, fixed factors, and policy thresholds
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1994, 33, (3), 525-557 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1993

50. Fiscal Deficits and Macroeconomic Performance in Developing Countries
    World Bank Research Observer, 1993, 8, (2), 211-37 View citations
51. Fiscal policy and economic growth: An empirical investigation
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1993, 32, (3), 417-458 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
52. Good policy or good luck?: Country growth performance and temporary shocks
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1993, 32, (3), 459-483 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
53. How much do distortions affect growth?
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1993, 32, (2), 187-212 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
54. Marginal income tax rates and economic growth in developing countries
    European Economic Review, 1993, 37, (2-3), 409-417 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

55. How Much does Policy Affect Growth?
    Cuadernos de Economía (Latin American Journal of Economics), 1992, 29, (87), 295-306 View citations

1991

56. LA MACROECONOMÍA DEL DÉFICIT DEL SECTOR PÚBLICO EL CASO DE COLOMBIA
    ENSAYOS SOBRE POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA, 1991 View citations

1990

57. The Economic of the Government Budget Constraint
    World Bank Research Observer, 1990, 5, (2), 127-42 View citations

Books

2002

1. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations

Edited books

2008

1. Reinventing Foreign Aid, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press

Chapters

2007

1. Globalization, Poverty, and All That: Factor Endowment versus Productivity Views
   A chapter in Globalization and Poverty, 2007, pp 109-142

2005

2. National Policies and Economic Growth: A Reappraisal
   Chapter 15 in Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, vol. 1, Part A, pp 1015-1059 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

3. IMF and World Bank Structural Adjustment Programs and Poverty
   A chapter in Managing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets, 2003, pp 361-392

1995

4. Explaining Miracles: Growth Regressions Meet the Gang of Four
   A chapter in Growth Theories in Light of the East Asian Experience, NBER-EASE Volume 4, 1995, pp 267-299 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1994)