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Uncertainty in the Search for New Exports
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-02)This paper explores the role that uncertainty plays in the emergence of new products or services for export in developing countries. Using a comparative case study method, I explore the degree to which those entrepreneurs ... -
Understanding Political Corruption in Low Income Countries
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2007-04)Building on the large and growing empirical literature on the political behavior of individuals in low income countries this chapter seeks to understand corruption through the lens of political economy -- particularly in ... -
Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2002-03)This paper aims to understand the growth experiences of fourteen major states of India in the period 1980 to 1998. We use two measures of convergence, s-convergence and ß-convergence to examine whether per capita income ... -
Understanding Saudi Private Sector Employment And Unemployment
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-03)This paper analyzes the changes in Saudi employment and unemployment between 2009 and 2018 and argues that a supply-demand skill mismatch exacerbated by insufficient job creation, and prevalent Saudi preferences and beliefs ... -
Understanding South Africa’s Economic Puzzles
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-08)South Africa has undergone a remarkable transformation since its democratic transition in 1994, but economic growth and employment generation have been disappointing. Most worryingly, unemployment is currently among the ... -
Unraveling the Complexity: A User-centered Design Process for Narrative Visualization
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-10)In this case study, we introduce a user-centered design process for developing Metroverse, a narrative visualization platform that communicates urban economic composition and growth opportunities for cities. The primary ... -
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2012-04)It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in rural areas of developing countries through the adoption of improved ... -
Using case studies to explore the external validity of ‘complex’ development interventions
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-10)Rising standards for accurately inferring the impact of development projects has not been matched by equivalently rigorous procedures for guiding decisions about whether and how similar results might be expected elsewhere. ... -
Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2006-12)This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale for the use of randomization, ... -
Validating India's GDP Growth Estimates
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2019-07)My recent research paper “India's GDP Mis-estimation: Likelihood, Magnitudes, Mechanisms, and Implications,” (hereafter “GDP paper”) and the associated op-ed in the Indian Express on June 11, 2019 have generated considerable ... -
The Value of Early-Career Skills
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2023-02)We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than existing skill proxies. We exploit that skill requirements of apprenticeships in Germany are codified ... -
Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting vs Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-06)We combine newly created data on per student government expenditure on children in government elementary schools across India, data on per student expenditure by households on students attending private elementary schools, ... -
Varieties of Capital Flows: What Do We Know?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2015-05)Capital flows have been the subject of key policy concern since the Brady plan launched the emerging markets asset class. Their massive volume, coupled with their volatile and procyclical nature, is often associated with ... -
Vulnerability to Changes in Ecosystem Services
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2005-07)Humans are an inseparable part of their environment through their dependence on ecosystems and the services ecosystems provide. The mismanagement of ecosystem services increases human vulnerability. Examples like the Irish ... -
Water and Human Well Being: An Executive Session on Grand Challenges of the Sustainability Transition
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2009-11)The Executive Session on Water and Human Well Being was convened by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Venice International University on July 20–21, 2009. This high-level gathering was organized to create a ... -
Weathering Collapse: An Assessment of the Financial and Operational Situation of the Venezuelan Oil Industry
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2016-11)Venezuela has one of the most abundant geological endowments in the world. Oil proven reserves are among the largest globally, even if a more conservative criterion than the one used by the current government is applied. ... -
Western Australia – Research Findings and Policy Recommendations
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021-04)The Government of Western Australia (WA), acting through its Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), invited the Growth Lab of the Center for International Development at Harvard University to ... -
What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2014-12)When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the source of the money? We combine high-frequency surveys with an experiment in which a Sri Lankan bank used mobile Point-of-Service (POS) ... -
What Bangs for Your Bucks? Assessing the Design and Impact of Transformative Policy
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2016-06)After an era of generic support for economic development and innovation, narrowly targeted transformation policy is back on the table. Recent advances in the fields of new industrial policy and transition thinking converge ... -
What is public policy success, especially in development?
(Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2022-09)Public policy work is hard, especially when one works in developing countries. It is even difficult to define what success looks like, and thus how to manage towards success. Literature helps manage such difficulty, providing ...