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Publication - Policy note
Parceling out prosperity? An impact evaluation of natural resource sector investments in Liberia
Governments in West Africa increasingly require foreign investors to build and maintain public infrastructure in exchange for rights to extract natural resources on their land. Liberia has adopted this strategy to fill an infrastructure gap after the civil war and build ‘spatial development corridors’ alongside concessionaire-sponsored infrastructure. This...
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Data Item
Data: An experimental evaluation of Community Driven Reconstruction in northern Liberia: Follow up data entry and analysis
Civil war is very common in the developing world, with harmful welfare effects when it occurs. Many fear that the devastation wrought by violent confict destroys social capital, impedes economic development, and leads to the recurrence of violence (Paul Collier et al. 2003). In response, donors are injecting large amounts of aid into post-confict countries. A signifcant...
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Publication - Working Paper
Monitoring and intrinsic motivation: Evidence from Liberia’s trucking firms
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Publication - Working Paper
The political economy of health epidemics: Evidence from the Ebola outbreak
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Publication - Project Report
Natural resource sector FDI, government policy, and economic growth: Quasi-experimental evidence from Liberia
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Project
How to increase the adoption of civil service reform? The role of training and incentives
Many developing countries suffer from ineffective public service delivery. A growing literature sheds light on reforms which can improve public service quality. For instance, existing studies focus on showing how performance‐based incentives can improve the performance of frontline civil servants working in health facilities, schools, or collecting taxes. Also, a large...
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Case Study: State
The economic impacts of Ebola
Our initiative provided data about the economics impacts of the Ebola crisis, allowing us to provide evidence-backed policy advice to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Project
Mapping informal financial flows in the artisanal mining sector: The cases of Sierra Leone and Liberia
In recent years, the economic importance and formalisation of artisanal gold mining has taken centre stage in policy discussions on rural economic development in West Africa. Research has shown that despite being associated with a host of environmental, health and safety and social concerns, the sector provides a livelihood for hundreds of thousands of poor people in the...
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Blog post
Five key challenges facing Liberia’s transport industry: Paving the way to market integration
Improving transport connectivity and increasing market integration could improve competition, trade, and potential for growth in small Liberian firms. Transport costs are a key factor in determining market integration. Consequently, keeping transport costs low is critical to economic development, particularly for small firms situated in isolated local economies. In Liberia...
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Blog post
Intra-national trade costs and economic isolation
High intra-national trade costs prevent market integration, so reducing them can help develop local economies in remote parts of a country. Building transport infrastructure alone is insufficient. The case of Liberia demonstrates that intra-national transport costs remain significant due to high vehicle prices, vehicle repair costs, credit constraints, and...