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Publication - Project Report
Ask a local: Improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania
Information on willingness-to-pay is key for public pricing and allocation of services but not easily collected. Studying land titles in Dar-es-Salaam, we ask whether local leaders know and will reveal plot owners' willingness-to-pay. We randomly assign leaders to predict under different settings then elicit owners' actual willingness-to-pay. Demand is substantial, but...
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Publication - Project Report
An agenda for spatial economic research in Rwanda
This paper aims to illustrate the potential that spatial economics has to reveal policy-relevant insights in Rwanda. For six thematic policy areas, we make the case for the policy relevance of spatial economic analysis, present existing data and analysis on Rwanda, highlight interesting examples of international research, and suggest ideas for further research that may have...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Gender-based violence, empowerment, and public health: Towards a model of complex interventions in Bihar
Gender-based violence still affects women’s daily lives and their opportunities for work and social mobility in India. This study aims to understand the complex dynamics of gender-based violence (GBV) in Bihar. This is a mixed-methods pilot study examining the structural determinants of gender-based violence and empowerment. Through data from multiple sources, the...
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Publication - Growth Brief
Risk and resilience: Agricultural adaptation to climate change in developing countries
Successful adaptation to climate change will require more accurate weather forecasts that can inform investment and production decisions, alongside financial products that can help farmers manage shocks. Key messages: Climate change will make agriculture less productive Adapting to higher weather variability will be more challenging than adapting to increases in...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Trading up: Harnessing the AfCFTA for growth in Uganda
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a promising offer of continent-wide market access for Uganda. However, these gains are not guaranteed, and the benefits of the AfCFTA also come with increased competition for Uganda’s exports. Using a sample of large geographically dispersed African countries, our modelling estimates a net reduction in...
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Publication - Project Report
Cross verification of revenue using remote sensing data
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Publication - Project Report
Improving electricity services in Yemen (Arabic)
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Publication - Policy Brief
Preparing for urban floods in Mozambique: Can risk communication help?
Information dissemination can be a powerful tool to guide, educate, and capacitate citizens in preparation for natural disasters. This study conducted in Mozambique seeks to provide actionable insights about the role of risk communication in urban flood risk management. Through video interventions and in-person surveys with residents in Quelimane in the months...
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Publication - Project Report
Preparing for urban floods in Mozambique: A field experiment on risk communication
Accurate forecasts and risk information do not always bring about the desired preparedness actions from communities at risk of natural disasters. This paper provides evidence on the effectiveness of two video interventions aimed at increasing flood risk awareness and preparedness of households in a Mozambican coastal city.
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Publication - Policy Brief
Subsidies for technology adoption: Evidence from rural Cameroon
This research examines how a short-term subsidy for a new solar lamp affects uptake, usage, and future demand for the product in rural Cameroon. The findings suggest that subsidies stimulate uptake of the solar lamps and do not adversely affect subsequent use of the lamps. If subsidies decrease future willingness-to-pay for lamps, this effect is outweighed by...
Publication - Policy Brief
Responding to imported inflation in Uganda: Distributional impacts and policy options
Inflation is ravaging the world, driven by a combination of post-pandemic supply chain disruptions, a rebound in global demand, and the war in Ukraine. The first round-effects of the global inflation surge in Uganda have occurred via jumps in the prices of seven principal commodities, delivering particularly adverse hits to the incomes of the poor. As a small open...