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Publication - Working Paper
Executive branch turnover, policy uncertainty, and growth
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Publication - Working Paper
Tender competitiveness and project performance in India’s PMGSY scheme
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Publication - Working Paper
Group size and collective action: Evidence from Bangladesh
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Publication - Working Paper
The politics of poison: Elite capture of clean water in Bangladesh
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Publication - Project Report
Clinic Management Information System (CMIS): Pilot study in Myanmar
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News Item
IGC’s Oriana Bandiera and Imran Rasul win prestigious Yrjö Jahnsson Award
The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation and European Economic Association (EEA) are awarding the prestigious Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics to Oriana Bandiera, IGC Steering Group Member and Research Programme Director for State (LSE), and Imran Rasul, IGC Research Programme Director for Firms (University College London). The award, considered the most prestigious award in...
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Blog post
Informal workers and taxation in Zambia: Who pays and does it make a difference?
Taxation in Africa has been increasingly covered in the news, especially with controversial attempts in countries such as Benin, Tanzania, and Uganda to tax users of social media sites and phone texting services. While the true intentions of these efforts are debatable, raising sufficient domestic revenue has long been a challenge for many African governments. A long line...
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Blog post
Understanding Third Tier Organisations (TTOs) in Pakistan and their role in filling public delivery gaps at the community level
Research into Third Tier Organisations in Pakistan highlights the important work they carry out in spite of a lack of significant government funding. Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), a not-for-profit, along with its partner organizations has been working on social mobilization and development of voluntary organizations at community level across Pakistan. A...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Working with political parties to strengthen candidate selection processes in Sierra Leone
In much of the world, political party leaders select candidates to run in the general election with little direct input from voters. This raises questions about representation and accountability: if given a say, would voters have chosen different candidates? Are selected candidates accountable to the voters they represent or the party leaders that select them? ...
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Blog post
Learning to teach by learning to learn: Measuring the effects of an innovative teacher training programme in Uganda
In 2007, Uganda became the first African country to introduce free universal secondary education. Yet, in 2017, 79% of students who began primary school, which is also free, did not make it to secondary school at all.[1] How can the delivery of education be improved to address this issue?A unique teacher training programme in Uganda has begun and is providing significant...