Corruption

Annual capacity payments to private power producers are six times higher than Pakistan’s annual healthcare budget, yet nearly half of the power capacity remains unused. What explains this phenomenon?

Political manipulation in India's electricity sector, involving illicit subsidies to constituents of the ruling party, results in staggering efficiency losses.

Government real estate allocations to judges tilt the scales of justice in Pakistan's courtrooms

Political party turnover in a local election increased completion times of real estate projects in Mumbai

A radio campaign highlighting the costs of vote buying drew close to 3 million votes away from vote-buying parties

Anti-corruption regulation against multinational corporations in developed countries can increase the local economic benefits of natural resource extraction for African communities

Family ties to non-elected bureaucrats distort public employment outcomes, and standard anti-nepotism policies are ineffective at preventing their negative influence

The nonrandom assignment of import declarations to inspectors is associated with corruption and lost tax revenues, but interventions to combat this must be carefully monitored

Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead, positive feedback to well-performing bureaucrats worsens corruption.