this paper we develop a unique micro-dataset on public works procurement from two fast-growing economies, India and … Indonesia, and use regional and time variation in the adoption of e-procurement across both countries to examine its impact. We … improvements. In India, where we observe an independent measure of construction quality, e-procurement improves the average road …

this paper we develop a unique micro-dataset on public works procurement from two fast-growing economies, India and … Indonesia, and use regional and time variation in the adoption of e-procurement across both countries to examine its impact. We … improvements. In India, where we observe an independent measure of construction quality, e-procurement improves the average road …

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …