Does Irrigation Strengthen Climate Resilience? A Geospatial Impact Evaluation of Interventions in Mali irrigation, climate, resilience, Sahel, Mali, GIE, Africa Impact Evaluation German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) Ariel BenYishay, Seth Goodman, Rachel Sayers, Kunwar Singh, Madeleine Walker, Mascha Rauschenbach, Martin Noltze
Landmine Clearance and Economic Development: Evidence from Nighttime Lights, Multispectral Satellite Imagery, and Conflict Events in Afghanistan Working Paper Christian Baehr, Ariel BenYishay, Rachel Sayers, Kunwar Singh, Madeleine Walker
Break it down: A disaggregated analysis of the effects of aid on stunting child health, foreign aid, malnutrition, Malawi, stunting Working Paper Dick Durevall, Ann-Sofie Isaksson
Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance development finance, foreign aid, aid events, public opinion, government approval, soft power, China, Gallup World Poll Working Paper Lukas Wellner, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin Strange
Environmental Impacts of Chinese Government-Funded Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from Road Building in Cambodia Working Paper Christian Baehr, Ariel BenYishay, and Brad Parks
Testing multi-stakeholder dialogue for better local governance in Niger: An experiment. Can we talk our way out of development problems? Journal Article Development Policy Review Ariel BenYishay, Lisa Mueller, Katherine Nolan, Philip Roessler
Aid and institutions: Local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in Africa Aid, Institutions, Africa Working Paper Ann-Sofie Isaksson, Dick Durevall
The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in Latin America Public opinion, Exports, Development assistance, Foreign direct investment, China, Latin America, Anti-sinicism, Soft power Journal Article Journal of Comparative Economics Vera Z. Eichenauer, Andreas Fuchs, Lutz Brückner
Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset Chinese funding, Chinese development finance, Chinese official finance, foreign aid Journal Article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin Strange, Michael J. Tierney
Chinese Development Aid and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Tanzania Foreign Aid, Agricultural Productivity, China Working Paper Abraham Lartey
Project Aid and Firm Performance Aid effectiveness, projects, World Bank, Chinese, China, Geocoding, Firms, Firm, Growth Working Paper Silvia Marchesi, Tania Masi, Saumik Paul
The effects of foreign aid on rebel governance: Evidence from a large-scale US aid program in Syria Journal Article Economics & Politics Allison Carnegie, Kimberly Howe, Adam Lichtenheld, Dipali Mukhopadhyay
Evaluating Water- and Health-related Development Projects: A Cross-project and Micro-based Approach Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies Christina Greßer, David Stadelmann
Childhood health and the changing distribution of foreign aid: Evidence from Nigeria's transition to lower-middle-income status Journal Article PLOS One Carrie B. Dolan, McKinley Saunders, Ariel BenYishay
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries transport costs, infrastructure, development finance, foreign aid, spatial concentration, China Working Paper Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks, Austin M. Strange, Michael J. Tierney
Land Deals and Social Fabrics: The Impact of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions on Social Trust in sub-Saharan Africa Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Social Capital, Trust, sub-Saharan Africa Working Paper Alexander Leibik, Tim Wegenast
How Information about Foreign Aid Affects Public Spending Decisions: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi Foreign Aid, Public Spending, Malawi, Fungibility, International Development, Public Spending, Africa Working Paper Brigitte Seim, Ryan Jablonski, Johan Ahlbäck
A convolutional neural network approach to predict non‐permissive environments from moderate‐resolution imagery Journal Article Seth Goodman, Ariel BenYishay, Daniel Runfola
Evaluating water- and health-related development projects: A cross-project and microbased approach Evaluation; development projects; drinking water; sanitation; child mortality Working Paper Christina Greßer, David Stadelmann
Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Journal Article Nature Sustainability Benedict Probst, Ariel BenYishay, Andreas Kontoleon, Tiago N. P. dos Reis
Comparative Effects of Foreign Direct Investment from China and Other Sources on Africa’s Economic Growth FDI, economic growth, Chinese FDI Working Paper Marvelous Ngundu, Nicholas Ngepah
Who Gets the Goodies? Overlapping Interests and the Geography of Aid for Trade Allocation in Bangladesh Working Paper Samuel Brazys, Minhaj Mahmud, Arya Pillai
Harnessing the Benefits of Transparency: Street-level Discretion, Targetability, and Local Public Service Delivery Transparency; municipal services; local government; street-level bureaucracy; Vietnam Working Paper Monika Bauhr, Ruth Carlitz
Long-term Impact Evaluation of the Malawi Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement Program Malawi, WALA, impact evaluation, climate, food security, nutrition, health Impact Evaluation Ariel BenYishay, Kristen Velyvis, Katherine Nolan, Lila Kumar Khatiwada, Carrie Dolan, Danice Brown Guzman, Tom Purekal, Arif Mamun, Sara Wilf
China and the World Bank: How Contrasting Development Approaches Affect the Stability of African States Working Paper Kai Gehring, Lennart Kaplan, Melvin H. L. Wong
Is Favoritism a Threat to Chinese Aid Effectiveness? A Subnational Analysis of Chinese Development Projects foreign aid, development finance, aid effectiveness, favoritism, economic growth, Africa, China Working Paper Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney
Is Sunshine the Best Disinfectant? Foreign Direct Investment, the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and Local Corruption Working Paper Samuel Brazys, Andreas Kotsadam
Building on a Foundation Stone: The Long-Term Impacts of a Local Infrastructure and Governance Program in Cambodia Impact Evaluation Ariel BenYishay, Brad Parks, Rachel Trichler, Christian Baehr, Daniel Aboagye, Punwath Prum
Mining, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security: A Disaggregated Analysis of Sub- Saharan Africa mining, food security, nutritional diversity, gender, control rights, sub-Saharan Africa Working Paper Tim Wegenast, Jule Beck
The Effects of Foreign Aid on Rebel Governance: Evidence from a Large-Scale U.S. Aid Program in Syria Working Paper Allison Carnegie, Kimberly Howe, Adam Lichtenheld, Dipali Mukhopadhyay
Distortions in Aid Allocation of United Nations Flash Appeals: Evidence from the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Humanitarian aid, disaster relief, natural disaster, earthquake, aid allocation, United Nations, emergency appeal, favoritism, caste system, Nepal Working Paper Vera Z. Eichenauer, Andreas Fuchs, Sven Kunze, Eric Strobl
Aid and Conflict at the Sub-National Level: Evidence from World Bank and Chinese Development Projects in Africa subnational china Working Paper Kai Gehring, Lennart Kaplan, and Melvin H. L. Wong
The impact of an insecticide treated bednet campaign on all-cause child mortality: A geospatial impact evaluation from the Democratic Republic of Congo Journal Article PLOS One Carrie Dolan, Ariel BenYishay, Karen Grépin, Jeffery Tanner, April Kimmel, David Wheeler, Gordon McCord
Parceling out prosperity? An impact evaluation of natural resource sector investments in Liberia Impact Evaluation Brad Parks, Jonas Bunte, Harsh Desai, Kanio Gbala, and Daniel Miller Runfola
Grassroots Image Management: Confucius Institutes and Media Perceptions of China Chinese Soft Power Norms Rising Powers Hegemony Image Spatial Analysis Working Paper Samuel Brazys, Alexander Dukalskis
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries china Working Paper Richard Bluhm, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin Strange, Michael Tierney
The Effects of Chinese Aid on State Legitimacy in Africa: Cross-National and Sub-National Evidence from Surveys, Survey Experiments, and Behavioral Games china Working Paper Robert A. Blair, Philip Roessler
Aid Curse with Chinese Characteristics? Chinese Development Flows and Economic Reforms china Working Paper Samuel Brazys, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
The Impact of Health Service Delivery on Political Support: Evidence from the Nigerian Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme Working Paper Adanna Chukwama, Thomas J. Bossert
Geostatistical Tools to Map the Interaction between Development Aid and Indices of Need Working Paper Claudio Bosco, Natalia Tejedor-Garavito, Daniele de Rigo, Andrew J. Tatem, Carla Pezzulo, Richard Wood, Heather Chamberlain, Tom Bird
Natural resource sector FDI, government policy, and economic growth: Quasi-experimental evidence from Liberia Journal Article World Development Jonas B. Bunte, Harsh Desai, Kanio Gbala, Bradley C. Parks, Daniel Miller Runfola
Chinese aid and local corruption Chinese aid, local corruption, Africa Journal Article Journal of Public Economics Ann-Sofie Isaksson, Andreas Kotsadam
Breaking the Clientelistic Voting Equilibrium: The Joint Importance of Salience and Coordination Working Paper Claire Adida, Jessica Gottlieb, Eric Kramon, Gweneth McClendon
Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset Working Paper Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley Parks, Austin M. Strange, Michael J. Tierney
A Primer on Geospatial Impact Evaluation Methods, Tools, and Applications Working Paper Ariel BenYishay, Daniel Runfola, Rachel Trichler, Carrie Dolan, Seth Goodman, Bradley Parks, Jeffery Tanner, Silke Heuser, Geeta Batra, Anupam Anand
Escaping the Valley of Disengagement: Two Field Experiments on Motivating Citizens to Monitor Public Goods Working Paper Mark T. Buntaine, Daniel L. Nielson, Jacob T. Skaggs
geoSIMEX: A Generalized Approach To Modeling Spatial Imprecision Working Paper Daniel Runfola, Robert Marty, Seth Goodman, Michael Lefew, Ariel BenYishay
Natural Resource Sector FDI and Growth in Post-Conflict Settings: Subnational Evidence from Liberia Working Paper Jonas B. Bunte, Harsh Desai, Kanio Gbala, Brad Parks, Daniel Miller Runfola
Forest Cover Impacts of Chinese Development Projects in Ecologically Sensitive Areas china Working Paper Ariel BenYishay, Bradley Parks, Daniel Runfola, Rachel Trichler
Geospatial Impact Evaluation of the Demarcation of Indian Territories Project (PPTAL) on Conflict and Deforestation Impact Evaluation Ariel BenYishay, Silke Heuser, Daniel Runfola, Rachel Trichler
Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia Working Paper Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin A. Olken, Sudarno Sumarto
Indigenous Land Rights and Deforestation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon Working Paper Ariel BenYishay, Silke Heuser, Daniel Runfola, Rachel Trichler
The Impacts of World Bank Development Projects on Sites of High Biodiversity Importance Working Paper Graeme M. Buchanan, Bradley C. Parks, Paul F. Donald, Brian F. O'Donnell, Daniel Runfola, John P. Swaddle, Lukasz Tracewski, Stuart H.M. Butchart
Titling Community Land to Prevent Deforestation: No Reduction in Forest Loss in Morona-Santiago, Ecuador Working Paper Mark T. Buntaine, Stuart E. Hamilton, Marco Millones