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Decentralization and urban service delivery - implications for foreign aid Foreign aid Decentralization Public sector administrationDevelopment finance
Experimental and non-experimental methods to study government performance - contributions and limitsIn recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’...
Field experiments Non-experimental methods GovernanceDevelopment finance
Building state capability through problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA)As a sub-component of the Research and Communication on Foreign Aid (ReCom) programme, the PDIA project feeds into the themes: governance and fragility & social sectors. An integral part of development is the expansion of capability of the state...
Foreign aid Development Social sectorsDevelopment finance
Foreign aid and democracy in Africa Foreign aid Development Economics Good governanceTransformation
GRD - Government Revenue DatasetThe most recent version of the Government Revenue Dataset - released in January 2016 - is open and free for you to use. The primary data file (core dataset) is available for download in two formats and can be downloaded below. Please contact the...
Inclusion
SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Taxation Social protection Income distributionInclusion
SAPI - Social Assistance, Politics and Institutions databaseSince the turn of the century, social assistance emerged as a leading institution in the fight against poverty in the developing world. Large-scale programmes providing direct transfers to households in poverty have transformed the antipoverty...