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Hands reaching for water from a spigot in Ethiopia.

The role of information, accountability and resource gaps in explaining poor urban services quality in Addis Ababa and its rapidly urbanizing surroundings

Girum Abebe
Daniel Agness
Pascaline Dupas
Tigabu Degu Getahun
In partnership with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), researchers are providing report cards that document citizen satisfaction with a range of public services to various levels of government officials to measure the impact of information and accountability on public service...
Factory worker in India

Increasing Firm Productivity through Management Consulting Services in India

Nicholas Bloom
Benn Eifert
Aprajit Mahajan
David McKenzie
John Roberts

Candidate Debate Participation for Citizen Engagement and Electoral Outcomes in Liberia

Jeremy Bowles
Horacio Larreguy
Researchers evaluated a nationwide debate initiative in Liberia designed to solicit and rebroadcast policy promises from legislative candidates. Results indicated that when leading candidates participated in debates, citizens were more engaged and informed.

Unconditional Cash Transfers and Civic Engagement in Kenya

Kate Orkin
Michael Walker
Citizen participation in local civic affairs and in decision-making processes around village resources can be a way to align policies with local preferences, hold politicians accountable, and improve public service delivery. In rural Western Kenya, researchers are partnering with GiveDirectly to...
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Parental Monitoring and Children's Internet Use: The Role of Information, Control, and Cues

Francisco Gallego
Ofer Malamud
Cristian (Kiki) Pop-Eleches
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Paying for Urban Services: Utility Bills and the Spending Patterns of the Poor

Kelsey Jack
Kathryn McDermott
Anja Sautmann
A Bangladeshi bureaucrat uses the digital land record system

The Effect of Bureaucrat Performance Scorecards on Service Delivery and Bribes in Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Researchers evaluated the impact of performance scorecards on the speed of delivery and the payment of bribes. Results show that the intervention increased on-time service delivery, but did not decrease bribe payments on average; bribes among high-performers increased.
Two boys and a girl shit on the steps of a house reading a large book.

The Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers in Honduras

Researchers used census data in Honduras to determine the impact of PRAF-II, a CCT program, 13 years after it began. They found that the CCT program had positive impacts on educational attainment and international migration for non-indigenous individuals, but had more mixed impacts on marriage...