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Are democracies more likely to give development aid? The answer is surprising.

2019-10-03

All things being equal, poor democracies are less likely to give aid than poor autocracies, new research finds.

The First Tranche Blog

Getting on target: A new approach for tracking financing to the SDGs

2019-07-11

The First Tranche Blog

How Cambodia’s program to strengthen local governance built roads and saved lives

2019-06-24

Working Paper #

The Lure of Technocracy? Chinese Aid and Local Preferences for Development Leadership in Africa

Zhenqian Huang, Xun Cao

Working Paper #

Harnessing the Benefits of Transparency: Street-level Discretion, Targetability, and Local Public Service Delivery

Monika Bauhr, Ruth Carlitz

Policy Brief

Financing the SDGs: Evidence in Four Countries

Jennifer Turner

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Catalyzing innovation in data, methods, and tools in five program areas that inform and empower development organizations, decision-makers, and stakeholders.

Geospatial Data & Tools for Analysis

Geospatial Impact Evaluations

Listening to Leaders

Sustainable Development Intelligence

Transparent Development Footprints

New Working Papers

Working Paper #

Harnessing the Benefits of Transparency: Street-level Discretion, Targetability, and Local Public Service Delivery

Monika Bauhr, Ruth Carlitz

October 5, 2019

Working Paper #

China and the World Bank: How Contrasting Development Approaches Affect the Stability of African States

Kai Gehring, Lennart Kaplan, Melvin H. L. Wong

September 17, 2019

Working Paper #

Foreign Aid and Soft Power: Great Power Competition in Africa in the Early 21st Century

Robert A. Blair, Robert Marty, Philip Roessler

August 22, 2019

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Why does aid not target the poorest?

Ryan C. Briggs

July 31, 2019

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Public Infrastructure Provision and Ethnic Favouritism: Evidence from South Africa

Leoné Walters, Manoel Bittencourt, Carolyn Chisadza

July 29, 2019

Working Paper #

Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney

July 15, 2019

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Are democracies more likely to give development aid? The answer is surprising.

Getting on target: A new approach for tracking financing to the SDGs

How Cambodia’s program to strengthen local governance built roads and saved lives

Policy Brief

Programs

Geospatial Data & Tools for Analysis

Geospatial Impact Evaluations

Listening to Leaders

Sustainable Development Intelligence

Transparent Development Footprints

New Working Papers

October 5, 2019

September 17, 2019

August 22, 2019

July 31, 2019

July 29, 2019

July 15, 2019

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