economic and employment gains in developing economies; pre-conditions (especially the regulatory infrastructure) and the …

, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at … face greater interruptions in infrastructure services. Larger firms spend significantly more time dealing with officials … growth of all firms, particularly micro and small firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure …

evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase … wages and prices. -- reform reversals ; price liberalization ; trade liberalization ; privatization ; political economy …

We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South …

We evaluate the impact of a place-based infrastructure development scheme directed towards India's most "backward …

The recent debates on infrastructure spending have led to renewed interest in the measurement of infrastructure and its … effects on growth and well-being. This paper updates estimates of one important type of infrastructure capital—highways and … paper encourages discussion about how to measure infrastructure capital, particularly highways and streets, and its effects. …

productivity from adoption of genetically modified soybeans and look at externalities across municipalities sharing the same water … externality effects of glyphosate use on populations distant from the original locations of use, but receiving water from these …

We exploit exogenous variation in the risk of waterborne disease created by implementation of a major water reform in … differentiated impacts is that the water reform induces parents to make complementary investments in education that favor girls … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …

that more educated women complied more with the program's water disinfection training, highlighting that even simple, low …-cost technologies require final users' compliance ("the last mile") to be effective. In the context of growing water scarcity …