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Working Papers

2025

1. Chinese Contractors and Development Project Quality
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2024

2. An End to Extreme Poverty? (Or at Least the Extreme Poverty Line)
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
3. The Implications of a Declining Labor Force
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2023

4. Is Manufacturing Destiny? On the Dynamics of Future Sectoral Shares and Development
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
5. Missing Figures: Women's Underrepresentation in IFI Leadership
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
6. Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
7. The Future of Official Aid Flows
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
8. The Ultimate Resource is Peaking
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2022

9. COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Rollout in Historical Perspective
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
10. Should Infrastructure Investors Care About Human Capital?
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
11. Technology and Development: An Exploration of the Data
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2021

12. Can Africa Help Europe Avoid Its Looming Aging Crisis?
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
13. The Case for Transparency in Power Project Contracts: A Proposal for the Creation of Global Disclosure Standards and PPA Watch
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
14. Unpacking Gender Gaps and Data Gaps in Public Sector Employment and Pay
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
15. We Should Be Spending More of Available Aid in Poorer Countries, Not Less
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development

2020

16. Aid-Financed Mechanisms for Technology Development
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
17. Measuring the Development Impact of the IFC and Development Finance
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
18. Official Development Assistance, Global Public Goods, and Implications for Climate Finance
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
19. What is the Role of Aid in Middle-Income Countries?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2019

20. Can the US Development Finance Corporation Compete?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
21. Examining the Impact of E-Procurement in Ukraine
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)
22. Five Principles for Use of Aid in Subsidies to the Private Sector
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
23. Marginal, Not Transformational: Development Finance Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
24. UK Research Aid: Tied, Opaque and Off-Topic?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2018

25. Comparing Five Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and the IFC
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
26. Inside the Portfolio of the International Finance Corporation: Does IFC Do Enough in Low-Income Countries?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
27. Measures of Global Public Goods and International Spillovers
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
28. Speeding Sustainable Development: Integrating Economic, Social, and Environmental Development
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)

2017

29. A Global Treaty to Reduce Antimicrobial Use in Livestock
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
30. Estimating the SDGs' Demand for Innovation
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
31. Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey - Working Paper 452
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)
32. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Zero Targets: What Could We Do?
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (3)
33. Norms and Reform: Legalizing Homosexuality Improves Attitudes
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (7)

2016

34. Do the Results Match the Rhetoric? An Examination of World Bank Gender Projects
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
35. Results Through Transparency: Does Publicity Lead to Better Procurement? - Working Paper 437
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (6)
36. The Impact of Legislation on the Hazard of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Burkina Faso - Working Paper 432
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)

2015

37. Finding Cash for Infrastructure in Addis: Blending, Lending and Guarantees in Finance for Development
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
38. Technology, Development, and the Post-2015 Settlement
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
39. The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence - Working Paper 394
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (2)

2013

40. Can Results-Based Payments Reduce Corruption?-Working Paper 345
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
41. Moving Beyond Mines and Mobiles: How Can IFC Add Value in Fragile States?
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development
42. Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down
    Growth Lab Working Papers, Harvard's Growth Lab
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013) View citations (7)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2013) View citations (8)
43. Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down-Working Paper 338
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (8)
44. The Global Partnership for Development: A Review of MDG 8 and Proposals for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2012

45. MDGs 2.0: What Goals, Targets, and Timeframe? - Working Paper 297
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
46. Publish What You Buy: The Case for Routine Publication of Government Contracts
    Policy Papers, Center for Global Development

2011

47. A trio of perspectives on corruption: bias, speed money and"grand theft infrastructure"
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
48. Bentham from the Crypt Once More: Politicians in Pursuit of Happiness
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences
49. More Money or More Development: What Have the MDGs Achieved- Working Paper 278
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (13)
50. Publishing Construction Contracts as a Tool for Efficiency and Good Governance - Working Paper 272
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (4)
51. The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge and Global Health - Working Paper 252
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (1)

2010

52. 'Red flags of corruption'in world bank projects: an analysis of infrastructure contracts
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
    See also Chapter ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
53. Learning about Schools in Development
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (10)
54. Learning about Schools in Development - Working Paper 236
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (10)
55. Publishing construction contracts and outcome details
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)

2009

56. Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
57. Why do people die in earthquakes ? the costs, benefits and institutions of disaster risk reduction in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)

2008

58. Grand Corruption in Utilities
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)

2007

59. A Note on the Ethical Implications of the Stern Review
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
60. Construction, corruption, and developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (21)
61. Infrastructure governance and corruption: where next ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (17)
62. Output-Based Aid in Infrastructure: A Tool for Reducing the Impact of Corruption
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (3)

2006

63. Measuring and reducing the impact of corruption in infrastructure
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
64. What is effective aid? How would donors allocate It?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article What is effective aid? How would donors allocate it?, The European Journal of Development Research, Taylor and Francis Journals (2008) View citations (7) (2008)

2005

65. Reforming the posts: abandoning the monopoly-supported postal universal service obligation in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2004

66. The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (17)
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success, World Development, Elsevier (2007) View citations (62) (2007)

2002

67. The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations?
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)

2001

68. Internet Economic Toolkit for African Policy Makers
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

Journal Articles

2023

1. What drives broadband traffic?
   Telecommunications Policy, 2023, 47, (9)

2019

2. Regression discontinuity analysis of Gavi's impact on vaccination rates
   Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, (C), 12-25 View citations (4)

2012

3. SOLOW'S RETURN: INVENTIONS, IDEAS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE
   Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2012, 03, (02), 1-15
4. The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge, and Global Health
   World Development, 2012, 40, (1), 21-35 View citations (7)

2010

5. Is Anywhere Stuck in a Malthusian Trap?
   Kyklos, 2010, 63, (2), 192-205 View citations (3)

2009

6. Is there an anticorruption agenda in utilities?
   Utilities Policy, 2009, 17, (2), 156-165 View citations (4)
7. Measuring Corruption in Infrastructure: Evidence from Transition and Developing Countries
   Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (3), 314-332 View citations (41)
8. There's more to life than money: Exploring the levels|growth paradox in income and health
   Journal of International Development, 2009, 21, (1), 24-41 View citations (4)

2008

9. The Next Decade of ICT Development: Access, Applications, and the Forces of Convergence
   Information Technologies and International Development, 2008, 4, (3), 1-6 View citations (1)
10. Transport Construction, Corruption and Developing Countries
    Transport Reviews, 2008, 29, (1), 21-41 View citations (3)
11. What is effective aid? How would donors allocate it?
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2008, 20, (2), 330-346 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper What is effective aid? How would donors allocate It?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (6) (2006)
12. What's Not Converging? East Asia's Relative Performance in Income, Health, and Education*
    Asian Economic Policy Review, 2008, 3, (1), 19-37 View citations (2)

2007

13. The Challenge of Affluence: Self Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950. By Avner Offer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xviii + 454 pp. Illustrations, figures, tables, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN: 0-198-20853-7
    Business History Review, 2007, 81, (2), 343-346
14. The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
    World Development, 2007, 35, (5), 735-751 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success, Working Papers (2004) View citations (17) (2004)

2006

15. Were People in the Past Poor and Miserable?
    Kyklos, 2006, 59, (2), 275-306 View citations (7)

2005

16. Does Development Make You Happy? Subjective Wellbeing And Economic Growth In Developing Countries
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2005, 73, (2), 199-219 View citations (35)
17. Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging
    World Development, 2005, 33, (1), 1-19 View citations (53)

2004

18. Networking for foreign direct investment: the telecommunications industry and its effect on investment
    Information Economics and Policy, 2004, 16, (2), 159-164 View citations (8)

2003

19. The Internet and Economic Growth in Less-developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations? 1
    Oxford Development Studies, 2003, 31, (1), 99-113 View citations (26)

2002

20. Can information and communication technologies be pro-poor?
    Telecommunications Policy, 2002, 26, (11), 623-646 View citations (19)
21. Information and Communication Technologies for Direct Poverty Alleviation: Costs and Benefits
    Development Policy Review, 2002, 20, (2), 141-157 View citations (20)
22. The price of oil: is it low and is that bad?
    International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2002, 17, (4), 283-291

2001

23. What Do We Know About Economic Growth? Or, Why Don't We Know Very Much?
    World Development, 2001, 29, (1), 1-22 View citations (53)

1999

24. Does Growth Cause Happiness, or Does Happiness Cause Growth?
    Kyklos, 1999, 52, (1), 3-25 View citations (100)
25. Why aren't countries rich?: Weak states and bad neighbourhoods
    Journal of Development Studies, 1999, 35, (5), 26-47 View citations (6)

1998

26. Stock markets in Africa: Emerging lions or white elephants?
    World Development, 1998, 26, (5), 829-843 View citations (27)

Undated

27. Toward universal telephone access: Market progress and progress beyond the market
    Telecommunications Policy, 31, (3-4), 155-163 View citations (7)

Books

2003

1. Broadcasting and Development: Options for the World Bank
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group
2. Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development: A Partial Review of the Evidence
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (14)

Chapters

2018

1. What Drives Citizen Perceptions of Government Corruption? National Income, Petty Bribe Payments and the Unknown
   Palgrave Macmillan

2011

2. ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts
   Chapter 18 in International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two, 2011 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper 'Red flags of corruption'in world bank projects: an analysis of infrastructure contracts, The World Bank (2010) View citations (7) (2010)

2006

3. Questioning the Monopoly-Supported Postal USO in Developing Countries
   Springer View citations (1)