Publications

This paper explores the experience of the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company, which was established in 2007 to provide medium-and long-term credit to small and medium domestic enterprises...chevron_right

The paper estimates energy growth and incremental costs for biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and nuclear in 174 countries from 1990 to 2008. Then it compares national mitigation burdens using ...chevron_right

This paper briefly assesses the Health Systems Funding Platform and argues that the way the initiative is proceeding differs little from prior initiatives, such as sector-wide approaches and budget s...chevron_right

In 2009, commercially exploitable reserves of oil were found in the Albertine Lakes Basin in Uganda. Along with a number of new oil exporters, Uganda now faces the challenge of using the new resources...chevron_right

The main body of this essay comprises written testimony that the author, Owen Barder, submitted to Britain’s House of Lords in response to a question about the effectiveness of foreign aid. In the wri...chevron_right

This essay uses the tablet computer, a technology highlighted as a potentially transformative device, as a case study in both the promises and perils of technology in development. The focus on technol...chevron_right

This paper surveys the arguments for and against cash-transfer programs in resource-rich states. It discusses some of the new biometric identification technologies, and reaches preliminary conclusions...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the case of the ILO's Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) project as a transnational instrument to create the institutions necessary for industrial relations. Based on the principle of...chevron_right

This policy brief explores the various legal channels through which the US government could, after future overseas disasters, leverage the power of migration to help limited numbers of people. The aut...chevron_right

Victims of natural disasters do not qualify as refugees under US or international law, and migration policy toward those fleeing disasters is set in a way that is haphazard and tightly constrained. Th...chevron_right

Using a comprehensive data set of working conditions and wage compliance in Cambodia's exporting garment factories, the authors explore the impact of foreign ownership on these issues, as well as whet...chevron_right

This essay discusses the growing trend for happiness indicators to be included along with traditional economic indicators, arguing that there are some weak links in the chain between happiness polls a...chevron_right

This paper examines the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), an innovative partnership which combines donors, UNICEF, civil society and the private sector with the aim of securing $3....chevron_right

Pakistan’s development and prosperity matter to the United States. Instability in Pakistan is both an immediate and long-term threat to Americans’ security. That is no more or less true after the reve...chevron_right

This paper focuses on the importance of cheap technology to improving global healthcare provision. The authors argue that two major factors underlie improved global health outcomes: first, the discove...chevron_right