‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion Infrastructure Arya Gaduh Tadeja Gračner Alexander Rothenberg Published 29.11.19
The challenges of universal health insurance in Indonesia A large-scale randomised experiment reveals that temporary health insurance subsidies can improve take-up at no additional cost to the government Health Abhijit Banerjee Amy Finkelstein Rema Hanna Benjamin Olken Arianna Ornaghi Sudarno Sumarto Published 25.11.19
Does population growth cause conflict? Population surges tend to cause conflict and competition for resources if unaccompanied by productivity growth and unmediated by strong institutions Institutions & Political Economy Daron Acemoğlu Leopoldo Fergusson Simon Johnson Published 22.11.19
Uncongested mobility in urban India Variation in transportation performance is driven by uncongested mobility due to everyday road obstructions, not conventional traffic congestion Infrastructure Prottoy A. Akbar Victor Couture Gilles Duranton Adam Storeygard Published 18.11.19
India’s National Education Policy: A need to look beyond the classroom to improve results India should consider how government policies have both intended and unintended consequences for education, as they impact incentives to attend school Education Anjali Adukia Published 15.11.19
When does politics work for development? Political interference in the bureaucracy is generally viewed with suspicion. However, in India bureaucrats implement MNREGA much better in places where politicians are able to claim credit for improvements. Institutions & Political Economy Saad Gulzar Benjamin Pasquale Published 11.11.19
Female empowerment and the Egyptian Arab Spring Women’s exposure and participation in the Arab Spring improved their say in household decisions and reduced tolerance of domestic violence and FGM Institutions & Political Economy Olivier Bargain Delphine Boutin Hugues Champeaux Published 08.11.19
Empowering women through direct digital wage payments Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms Labour Markets Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Simone Schaner Charity Troyer Moore Published 04.11.19
Alleviating poverty with experimental research: The 2019 Nobel laureates The Nobel nomination’s emphasis on the practical applications of Banerjee’s, Duflo’s and Kremer’s methods represents a monumental and welcome change Methods & Measurement Oriana Bandiera Published 01.11.19
