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The focus of policy reform in developing countries has moved from getting prices right to getting institutions right, and accordingly countries are increasingly being advised to move towards quot;best-practicequot; institutions. This paper argues that appropriate institutions for developing...
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The lack of growth response to “Washington Consensus” policy reforms in the 1980s and 1990s led to widespread doubts about the value of such reforms. This paper updates these stylized facts by analyzing moderate to extreme levels of inflation, black market premiums, currency overvaluation,...
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Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria and Sri Lanka. We show that variation in business practices explains as much of …
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impacts of a randomized girls' merit scholarship incentive program in Kenya that raised test scores and secondary schooling …
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curves for health products in Kenya, Guatemala, India, and Uganda and test whether (1) information about health risk, (2 …
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We document several facts about workforce transitions from the informal to the formal sector in Vietnam, a fast growing …
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more likely to be alive than the poor's mothers. Using panel data set for Indonesia and Vietnam, we also find that older …
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We study the relationship between market structure and public procurement outcomes. In particular, we ask whether and to what extent consolidation-driven increases in industry concentration affect the way in which the government procures its goods and services. We focus on the defense industry,...
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We argue that the question of whether and when policy reform works should be investigated together with the political economy factors responsible for distortionary policies in the first place. These not only determine the initial distortions, but also often shape policy in the post-reform...
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Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become politicians and perform competently in office becomes a central...
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