Sam Asher

Associate Professor
University of Oxford

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Sam Asher is assistant professor in the Department of International Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. His work focusses on high spatial resolution administrative and remote sensing data to better understand the spatial distribution of economic activity, growth and poverty in developing countries.

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Land governance and urban development in India

Sam Asher, Paul Novosad 31 Oct 2022 Completed

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Rapid urbanisation, rural-to-urban migration and rural development: Evidence from 8000 Indian towns

Paul Novosad, Sam Asher 30 Jun 2018 Completed

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How do rural roads affect development? Evidence from India

Paul Novosad, Sam Asher 31 May 2018 Completed

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Rapid response project on Indian firm data

Sam Asher, Paul Novosad 31 Mar 2015 Completed

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The cost of road construction in rural Tanzania: Random audits and contractor performance

Sam Asher, Martina Kirchberger, Paul Novosad 31 Aug 2016 Completed

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Sam Asher

Land governance and urban development in India

Rapid urbanisation, rural-to-urban migration and rural development: Evidence from 8000 Indian towns

How do rural roads affect development? Evidence from India

Rapid response project on Indian firm data

The cost of road construction in rural Tanzania: Random audits and contractor performance

The Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic dataset on India (SHRUG)

IGC-SCID Conference on firms, trade, and development 2016

Sam Asher

Projects

Land governance and urban development in India

Rapid urbanisation, rural-to-urban migration and rural development: Evidence from 8000 Indian towns

How do rural roads affect development? Evidence from India

Rapid response project on Indian firm data

The cost of road construction in rural Tanzania: Random audits and contractor performance

All contributions

The Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic dataset on India (SHRUG)

IGC-SCID Conference on firms, trade, and development 2016

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