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Publication - Project Report
The allocation of teachers across public primary schools in Zambia
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Publication - Policy Brief
Special Economic Zones: Evidence and prerequisites for success
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) aim to benefit from firm clustering by facilitating technology spillovers, labour availability, and market access. Evidence on the employment and wage effects of SEZs is mixed. Wages for unskilled workers tend to be lower initially and then increase over time. Labour abuse is a concern in many SEZs Export-oriented SEZs are frequently...
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Publication - Project Report
“Yes to Peace” programme evaluation
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Publication - Project Report
The institutional and urban design of Gwadar City
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Publication - Policy Brief
When imports matter for exports: Firm level evidence from Pakistan
This study by Dr. Salamat Ali, Dr Mohammad A. Razzaque, and Shafqat Ali Khan investigated the linkages between liberalisation of imports and diversification of exports by using detailed firm-level data on imports, exports, and production for Pakistan. The study used an administrative dataset of exports, imports, and domestic sales for the period 2000-2016. The import...
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Publication - Policy paper
Urban governance institutions: Policy options for fast growing cities
Developing countries today are home to all of the world’s thirty fastest-growing major cities — with sub-Saharan Africa home to twenty-one of these thirty. This rapid growth has made these cities the epicentre for the battle for national prosperity, a struggle whose outcome depends on the policy choices made by city leaders. Policy options which target the...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Women’s mobility and labour force participation: Early evidence from Karachi
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Publication - Working Paper
From bilateral trade to centralised markets: A search model for commodity exchanges in Africa
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Publication - Working Paper
Political favoritism and the targeting of power outages
Publication - Growth Brief
Saving microfinance through innovative lending
The traditional microfinance model has had limited impact on the income and productivity of borrowers. More innovative and flexible lending models can boost entrepreneurship and welfare.