Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

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 …

We present results from a large-scale experimental evaluation of an ambitious attempt to
improve management quality in Indian schools (implemented in 1,774 randomly-selected …

We design a field experiment to study how the allocation of authority between frontline
procurement officers and their monitors affects performance both directly and through the …

This paper studies the impacts of managers in the administrative public sector using novel
Italian administrative data containing an output‐based measure of productivity. Exploiting …

Public service motivation (PSM) is a core concept in public administration, studied in surveys
across numerous countries. Whether these studies accumulate comparable knowledge …

The information public officials use to make decisions determines how public resources are
distributed and the effectiveness of public policy. This paper develops a measurement …

Building a capable public service is a key component of post-conflict state building. An
effective public service is fundamental to the regulation of society, to managing public funds …

Most organizations utilize hierarchies to facilitate specialization, with managers assisting
workers on tasks beyond their capabilities. As workers gain skills, they require less help …

This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in
developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for …