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Working Papers

2021

1. 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
2. Covid-19, Rural Poverty, and Women’s Role in Decision-Making: Evidence from Khatlon Province in Tajikistan
   OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science
3. 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)
4. 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
5. 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

6. Coaching, not monitoring? Insights from a school accountability reform in Pakistan
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
7. Gender and rural transformation
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2019

8. 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)
9. How to improve rural service delivery in developing countries: Complementarities, information, and incentives
   Policy briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
10. Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2018)
11. 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

12. Cash transfers increase trust in local government
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2019)
13. 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

14. Moving to Despair? Migration and Well-Being in Pakistan
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2019)
15. The effect of land inheritance on youth employment and migration decisions: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
    ESSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2016) View citations (7)

2016

16. Cash transfers and health: evidence from Tanzania
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2019)
17. 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)
    See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2019)
18. Temporary and Permanent Migrant Selection: Theory and Evidence of Ability–Search Cost Dynamics
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)

2015

19. 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)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2017)
20. The effects of political competition on rural land: Evidence from Pakistan
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2013

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

2012

22. Aspirations in rural Pakistan: An empirical analysis
    PSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)

2011

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

2009

24. Federal Competition and Economic Growth
    Research Papers, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2013)

2004

25. Has private participation in water and sewerage improved coverage? - empirical evidence from Latin America
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of International Development (2009)

Journal Articles

2022

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

2021

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

2020

4. Can information improve rural governance and service delivery?
   World Development, 2020, 125, (C) View citations (9)
5. Public Investment Choices by Local and Central Governments
   World Bank Economic Review, 2020, 34, (Supplement_1), S52-S57

2019

6. Cash Transfers and Health: Evidence from Tanzania
   World Bank Economic Review, 2019, 33, (2), 394-412 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
7. Cash transfers increase trust in local government
   World Development, 2019, 114, (C), 138-155 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
8. Local Environmental Quality and Interjurisdictional Spillovers
   Economica, 2019, 86, (343), 569-606 View citations (1)
9. Moving to despair? Migration and well-being in Pakistan
   World Development, 2019, 113, (C), 186-203 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2017)
10. Temporary and permanent migrant selection: Theory and evidence of ability‐search cost dynamics
    Review of Development Economics, 2019, 23, (4), 1477-1519 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
11. 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 (2)

2018

12. Political competition and rural welfare: evidence from Pakistan
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2018, 70, (4), 1036-1061 View citations (4)
13. 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 (19)

2017

14. Aspirations and the Role of Social Protection: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in Rural Pakistan
    World Development, 2017, 97, (C), 49-66 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
15. 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 (4)

2014

16. Heat stress increases long-term human migration in rural Pakistan
    Nature Climate Change, 2014, 4, (3), 182-185 View citations (95)
17. 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 (7)
18. The child health implications of privatizing africa's urban water supply
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35, (C), 1-19 View citations (14)

2013

19. Federal competition and economic growth
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97, (C), 144-159 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2012

20. 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

21. 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 (15)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2008

22. 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 (30)

2006

23. 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 (24)

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

2022

1. 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

2. 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

3. Governance: Making Institutions work for rural revitalization
   Chapter 8 in 2019 Global food policy report, 2019, pp 68-77

2018

4. 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

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