Targeting relief aid after natural disasters: Should donors work through governments or NGOs? After natural disasters, governments and non-governmental organisations differ in their effectiveness at targeting the hardest hit populations Energy & Environment Ben Fitch-Fleischmann Evan Kresch Published 20.09.22
Why does aid not target the poorest? Ease of implementation might be a significant factor behind the flow of aid to richer parts of countries Institutions & Political Economy Ryan Briggs Published 31.05.21
What caused the HIV/AIDS decline in Africa? Anti-retroviral therapy or better information? Has anti-retroviral therapy policy or information access that induces sexual behavioural change been responsible for Malawi’s success in fighting HIV? Health Jeremy Greenwood Philipp Kircher Cezar Santos Michèle Tertilt Published 09.08.19
One problem with giving aid to small villages How do cash transfers impact prices? Evidence from rural Mexico Public Economics Seema Jayachandran Published 24.10.18
The political economy of donor funding: Insights from USAID How does USAID decide how and where to channel its efforts? Institutions & Political Economy Louise Fox Published 12.09.18
Is aid effective? In political environments with limited data, how can we ensure that aid has impact? Institutions & Political Economy Stefan Dercon Published 15.08.18
Transforming developing countries through private sector investment What do development finance institutions do, and how do they do it? Finance Nick O’Donohoe Published 01.08.18
Building a functional state in difficult places Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments. Institutions & Political Economy Eliana La Ferrara Published 01.06.18
Barriers to growth Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, discusses the key barriers to growth and how to overcome them. Macroeconomics & Growth Tony Addison Published 10.04.18
