| The political economy of unfinished development projects: Corruption, clientelism, or collective choice? MJ Williams American Political Science Review 111 (4), 705-723, 2017 | 185 | 2017 |
| The social and economic impacts of South Africa’s child support grant (Extended Version) MJ Williams Economic Policy Research Institute Working Paper 39, 2007 | 123 | 2007 |
| Beyond state capacity: bureaucratic performance, policy implementation and reform MJ Williams Journal of Institutional Economics 17 (2), 339-357, 2021 | 93 | 2021 |
| An agenda for the study of public administration in developing countries AM Bertelli, M Hassan, D Honig, D Rogger, MJ Williams Governance 33 (4), 735-748, 2020 | 83 | 2020 |
| Management, organizational performance, and task clarity: Evidence from ghana’s civil service I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 31 (2), 259-277, 2021 | 66 | 2021 |
| External validity and policy adaptation: From impact evaluation to policy design MJ Williams The World Bank Research Observer 35 (2), 158-191, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Quantitative analysis of the impact of the child support grant M Samson, C Heinrich, M Williams, S Kaniki, T Muzondo, K Mac Quene, ... Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, 2008 | 38 | 2008 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: Evidence from the ghanaian civil service I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| Four lenses on people management in the public sector: An evidence review and synthesis AJ Ali, J Fuenzalida, M Gómez, MJ Williams Oxford Review of Economic Policy 37 (2), 335-366, 2021 | 35 | 2021 |
| Can training improve organizational culture? Experimental evidence from Ghana’s civil service M Azulai, I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Documento de trabajo, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Systems approaches to public service delivery: lessons from health, education, and infrastructure Z Mansoor, MJ Williams Systems of public service delivery in developing countries 6, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
| Innovation, voice, and hierarchy in the public sector: Evidence from Ghana's civil service MJ Williams, L Yecalo‐Tecle Governance 33 (4), 789-807, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: a scientific replication I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Under review: Economic Journal 2 (5), 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Bricks-and-mortar institutions matter: project delivery and unfinished infrastructure in Ghana’s local governments MJ Williams International Growth Center Policy Brief, November, file:///C:/Users …, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
| Beyond ‘context matters’: Context and external validity in impact evaluation MJ Williams World Development 127, 104833, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| The (Missing?) Role of Institutions in Behavioral Public Administration: A Roundtable Discourse A Bertelli, N Riccucci, P Canterelli, M Cucciniello, C Grose, P John, ... Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 5 (1), 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| International pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic Y Zhu, FJ Almeida, JK Baillie, AC Bowen, PN Britton, ME Brizuela, ... JAMA pediatrics 177 (10), 1073-1084, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
| Delivery approaches to improving policy implementation: A conceptual framework MJ Williams, C Leaver, Z Mansoor, D Qarout, A Bilous, K Mundy, M Asim, ... Education Commission, University of Oxford, UKAid, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: A scientific replication in Ghana and Nigeria I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Policy Brief 33301, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Impacts of South Africa’s child support grants M Samson, C Heinrich, S Kaniki, F Regalia, K Mac Quene, T Muzondo, ... Social protection for Africa's children, 117-145, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
