Publications

This brief reviews the main results of the 2014 edition of the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) assessment, which measures development donor performance in four areas: maximizing eff...chevron_right

This paper examines the World Bank’s new Program for Results (PforR) instrument, which links the flow of assistance to development achievements. The authors also develop a classification system for Di...chevron_right

This paper examines how aid donors should respond to recipient countries which have gained a windfall from newly discovered natural resources and who are therefore more at the mercy of volatile commod...chevron_right

This paper reviews primary school enrollment and vaccination rates data from a large sample of countries to examine the reasons behind the discrepancies between official administrative data and indepe...chevron_right

This brief identifies the key factors that drive or deter deforestation. The authors conclude that deliberate policies coupled with financial incentives are the most effective way to slow, halt and ev...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Code of Practice on health worker recruitment. Although the code discourages the active recruitment of health care professionals from c...chevron_right

This paper provides an overview of the Pacific Alliance, how it was created, the progress made so far, and the potential benefits it offers to Pacific rim Latin American countries. The author particul...chevron_right

This paper reviews the way Official Development Assistance (ODA) has been defined by the Development Assistance Committee. After a brief overview of the controversies surrounding which forms of extern...chevron_right

In light of a growing number of research articles on social policies being published in medical journals, this paper examines accusations that such journals are ill-equipped to referee social science ...chevron_right

This paper examines the Australian-aid-funded Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC), which finances and conducts vocational training in Pacific island developing countries. The authors examine th...chevron_right

This paper explores options for how to assess global public opinion as well as how to use this information as a means for improving the decisions of international bodies and national governments regar...chevron_right

This brief looks at the problems associated with generating and accessing quality data in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors attribute these to: 1) national statistics offices having limited independence...chevron_right

This paper analyzes an experiment of a mobile phone-based adult education program in Los Angeles. The authors find that the program increased adult students’ basic reading scores, as well as their sel...chevron_right

This paper analyzes Latin America’s level of financial inclusion, meaning the share of households and firms that use formal financial services, and compares it to a set of comparator countries. The ma...chevron_right

This paper analyzes whether price incentives can help address both economic and gender inequality in land tenure formalization in Tanzania. The experiment results suggest that prices are a key obstacl...chevron_right