The population of Asia is growing both larger and older. Demographically the most important continent on the world, Asia's population,…
India has an impressive number of environmental regulations – but have they been a success? This column presents evidence that while…
The clamour for the right to social pensions is another attempt to deal with the Indian state’s inability to provide adequate social…
We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and…
What factors determine the nature of political opportunism in local government in South India? To answer this question, we study two types…
In this paper, we provide a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies. The standard way to model corruption is as an…
I can only speak with authority through Feb. 15, 2009," said Michael Hayden, who was George W. Bush's last CIA director. "But at that point…
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve
health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse…
In poor countries, over a quarter of children under the age of five years
are malnourished. The corresponding rate in rich countries is…