In recent years, there has been increasing interest in whether and how bureaucratic
effectiveness contributes to development. Just what makes for an effective bureaucracy and …

Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development. Yet while economists
have long emphasized the importance of government quality, historically they have paid less …

Abstract Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are increasingly popular in the social
sciences, not only in medicine. We argue that the lay public, and sometimes researchers, put …

We examine a new dataset of public procurement laws, practice, and outcomes in 187
countries. We measure regulation as restrictions on the discretion of the procuring entities …

In this chapter, we present econometric and statistical methods for analyzing randomized
experiments. For basic experiments, we stress randomization-based inference as opposed …

I follow The Design of Experiments, using randomization statistical inference to test the null
hypothesis of no treatment effects in a comprehensive sample of 53 experimental papers …

The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of developing countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

Behavioral development economics applies theories and ideas from psychology and
behavioral economics to the study of questions in development economics. We begin by …

The promise of randomized controlled trials is that evidence gathered through the evaluation
of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple …

Improvements in empirical research standards for credible identification of the causal impact
of education policies on education outcomes have led to a significant increase in the body of …