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Working Papers

2024

1. Can role models and skills training increase women’s voice in asset selection? Experimental evidence from Odisha, India
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2. Claim-making under India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): Barriers and opportunities for women’s voice and agency over asset selection
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. Conflict, Aspirations, and Women’s Empowerment: Household Survey Evidence from Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria
   HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network
4. Enhancing women’s economic empowerment in rural Nigeria through advocacy trainings
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
5. How can anticipatory action programming support women? Application of the reach-benefit-empower-transform framework in Nepal and Nigeria
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
6. Impact evaluation of the economic inclusion programme in Kenya: Baseline report for cohort 2
   CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
7. Measuring women's empowerment in fragile settings: Practical guidance and notes from the field
   CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
8. Strengthening women’s voice and agency in Nigeria: Evidence from a randomized control trial on women’s advocacy and men’s allyship trainings
   Policy briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
9. The effects of cellphone coverage expansion on wealth and political behavior
   CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
10. Unlocking locally-led resilience amid conflict and climate stress views from community leaders in Mali on development priorities, aid distribution, and anticipatory action
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
11. Women's survey instrument: Measuring impacts of training interventions on voice and agency in MGNREGA asset selection in Odisha, India
    CGIAR Initative Publications, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2023

12. Gender, deliberation, and natural resource governance: Experimental evidence from Malawi
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
13. Reverting to traditional views of gender during times of relative deprivation: An experimental study in Nepal
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
14. When will civil society sanction the state? Evidence from Mali
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
15. When women hold local office: Women’s representation and political engagement amid conflict and climate shocks across Africa
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2022

16. Cash Transfers, Trust, and Inter-household Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
    See also Journal Article Cash Transfers, Trust, and Inter-household Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2023) (2023)
17. Climate change and women’s voice and agency beyond the household: Insights from India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
18. Does relative deprivation condition the effects of social protection programs on political support? Experimental evidence from Pakistan
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
19. Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in PNG
    Papua New Guinea food policy strengthening working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
20. Synopsis: Improving agricultural value chain coordination and gender inclusiveness in Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
21. The Educational Impacts of Cash Transfers in Tanzania
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
    See also Journal Article The educational impacts of cash transfers in Tanzania, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
22. Women's voice and agency in choosing assets: A new study on MGNREGA in India
    Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
23. Women’s involvement in intra†household decision†making and infant and young child feeding practices in central Asia, No. 2
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

24. Bringing Power to the People or the Well-Connected? Evidence from Ethiopia on the Gendered Effects of Decentralizing Service Delivery
    2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists
25. Covid-19, Rural Poverty, and Women’s Role in Decision-Making: Evidence from Khatlon Province in Tajikistan
    OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science
26. Project factsheet: Overcoming barriers to women’s political participation through advocacy training: Designing a field experiment in Nigeria
    NSSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
27. The Gendered Impact of Income Fluctuations on Household Departure, Labor Supply, and Human Capital Decisions
    2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists
28. Women’s voices in civil society organizations: Evidence from a civil society mapping project in Mali
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

29. Coaching, not monitoring? Insights from a school accountability reform in Pakistan
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
30. Gender and rural transformation
    Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
31. Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020) View citations (1)
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020)
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2018) View citations (1)
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020)
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2019)
    See also Journal Article Land Reform and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2024) (2024)

2019

32. How do perceptions of relative poverty affect women's empowerment? Evidence from Papua New Guinea
    Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2019)
33. How to improve rural service delivery in developing countries: Complementarities, information, and incentives
    Policy briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
34. The effects of income fluctuations on rural health and nutrition
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2019)

2018

35. Cash transfers increase trust in local government
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Cash transfers increase trust in local government, World Development, Elsevier (2019) View citations (29) (2019)
36. Moving to Despair? Internal Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2017

37. Moving to Despair? Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Moving to despair? Migration and well-being in Pakistan, World Development, Elsevier (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
38. The effect of land access on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Land Access on Youth Employment and Migration Decisions: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2018) View citations (29) (2018)

2016

39. Cash transfers and health: evidence from Tanzania
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Cash Transfers and Health: Evidence from Tanzania, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2019) View citations (6) (2019)
40. Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability-Search Cost Dynamics
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Temporary and permanent migrant selection: Theory and evidence of ability‐search cost dynamics, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
41. Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability–Search Cost Dynamics
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
42. The effect of land inheritance on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)

2015

43. Aspirations and the Role of Social Protection: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Rural Pakistan
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Aspirations and the Role of Social Protection: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Rural Pakistan, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (43) (2017)
44. The effects of political competition on rural land: Evidence from Pakistan
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2014

45. Addressing weather shocks: Promoting resilient aspirations for the rural poor
    2020 conference briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2013

46. The child health implications of privatizing Africa’s urban water supply
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2012

47. Aspirations in rural Pakistan: An empirical analysis
    PSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (9)

2011

48. Politics and preschool: the political economy of investment in pre-primary education
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2009

49. Federal Competition and Economic Growth
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Federal competition and economic growth, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (27) (2013)

2004

50. Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? - empirical evidence from Latin America
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? Empirical evidence from Latin America, Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2009) View citations (22) (2009)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Housing values and jurisdictional fragmentation
   Public Choice, 2024, 201, (1), 83-122
2. Land Reform and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, 72, (2), 867 - 917
   See also Working Paper Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic, IFPRI discussion papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
3. Using climate financing wisely to address multiple crises
   Papers published in Journals (Open Access), 2024, 3(2):e0000355.
   Also in PLOS Climate, 2024, 3, (2), 1-14 (2024)
4. Women’s involvement in intra-household decision-making and infant and young child feeding practices in Central Asia
   World Development, 2024, 178, (C)

2023

5. Cash Transfers, Trust, and Inter-household Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37, (2), 221-234
   See also Working Paper Cash Transfers, Trust, and Inter-household Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, Working Papers (2022) (2022)
6. Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers on Fish Consumption: Evidence from Tanzania
   Marine Resource Economics, 2023, 38, (4), 391 - 411
7. The Gendered Impacts of Income Fluctuations on Household Departure, Labor Supply, and Human Capital Decisions: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
   Feminist Economics, 2023, 29, (1), 205-235
8. The educational impacts of cash transfers in Tanzania
   Economics of Education Review, 2023, 92, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Educational Impacts of Cash Transfers in Tanzania, Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2022

9. Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
   Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2022, 30, (1), 101-134 View citations (2)

2021

10. Perceptions of relative deprivation and women’s empowerment
    World Development, 2021, 138, (C) View citations (1)
11. The effects of income fluctuations on undernutrition and overnutrition across the lifecycle
    Health Economics, 2021, 30, (10), 2487-2509 View citations (1)

2020

12. Can information improve rural governance and service delivery?
    World Development, 2020, 125, (C) View citations (17)
13. Public Investment Choices by Local and Central Governments
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2020, 34, (Supplement_1), S52-S57

2019

14. Cash Transfers and Health: Evidence from Tanzania
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33, (2), 394-412 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Cash transfers and health: evidence from Tanzania, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
15. Cash transfers increase trust in local government
    World Development, 2019, 114, (C), 138-155 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Cash transfers increase trust in local government, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
16. Local Environmental Quality and Interjurisdictional Spillovers
    Economica, 2019, 86, (343), 569-606 View citations (3)
17. Moving to despair? Migration and well-being in Pakistan
    World Development, 2019, 113, (C), 186-203 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Moving to Despair? Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
18. Temporary and permanent migrant selection: Theory and evidence of ability‐search cost dynamics
    Review of Development Economics, 2019, 23, (4), 1477-1519 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability-Search Cost Dynamics, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
19. The Countervailing Effects of Competition on Public Goods Provision: When Bargaining Inefficiencies Lead to Bad Outcomes
    American Political Science Review, 2019, 113, (1), 88-107 View citations (8)

2018

20. Political competition and rural welfare: evidence from Pakistan
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70, (4), 1036-1061 View citations (7)
21. The Effect of Land Access on Youth Employment and Migration Decisions: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, (3), 931-954 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper The effect of land access on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia, ESSP working papers (2017) View citations (8) (2017)

2017

22. Aspirations and the Role of Social Protection: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Rural Pakistan
    World Development, 2017, 97, (C), 49-66 View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Aspirations and the Role of Social Protection: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Rural Pakistan, Working Papers (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
23. Economic Development, Mobility, and Political Discontent: An Experimental Test of Tocqueville’s Thesis in Pakistan
    American Political Science Review, 2017, 111, (3), 605-621 View citations (8)

2014

24. Heat stress increases long-term human migration in rural Pakistan
    Nature Climate Change, 2014, 4, (3), 182-185 View citations (148)
25. Relying on the private sector: The income distribution and public investments in the poor
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 320-342 View citations (10)
26. The child health implications of privatizing africa's urban water supply
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35, (C), 1-19 View citations (18)

2013

27. Federal competition and economic growth
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, (C), 144-159 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Federal Competition and Economic Growth, Research Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2012

28. Malnutrition, Child Health, and Water Quality: Is There a Role for Private Sector Participation in South Asia?
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2012, 58, (2), 450-470 View citations (3)

2009

29. Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? Empirical evidence from Latin America
    Journal of International Development, 2009, 21, (3), 327-361 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? - empirical evidence from Latin America, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (39) (2004)

2008

30. The effects of ownership and benchmark competition: An empirical analysis of U.S. water systems
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2008, 26, (1), 186-205 View citations (34)

2006

31. What Affects the Quality of Economic Analysis for Life‐Saving Investments?
    Risk Analysis, 2006, 26, (3), 641-655

Books

2014

1. Community-Based Conditional Cash Transfers in Tanzania: Results from a Randomized Trial
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (30)

2012

2. Early Child Education: Making Programs Work for Brazil’s Most Important Generation
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (4)

Chapters

2023

1. The road to resilience: Rethinking responses to food crises
   Chapter 1 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 6-19

2022

2. How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas
   Chapter 30 in COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, 2022, pp 185-188

2021

3. From the "feminization of agriculture" to gender equality
   Chapter 8 in Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, 2021, pp 299-328

2019

4. Governance: Making Institutions work for rural revitalization
   Chapter 8 in 2019 Global food policy report, 2019, pp 68-77 View citations (1)

2018

5. Public goods provision in developing countries: a research agenda for New Institutional Economics
   Chapter 5 in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, 2018, pp 42-50

2014

6. Promoting aspirations for resilience among the rural poor
   Chapter 11 in 2013 Global Food Policy Report, 2014