States are often minimally present in the rural periphery. Yet a limited presence does not
mean a limited impact. Isolated state actions in regions where the state is otherwise scarce …

Why are informal institutions beneficial to local governance in some context but harmful in
others? This research argues that local governance outcomes are jointly determined by …

This article studies the effects of traditional chiefs—a common type of broker—on voters'
ability to extract state resources from politicians. Using original data from Northern Ghana …

Using the case of Pakistan, this article explores the distribution and politics of public goods
provision in urban slums. Across slums, we find that public goods are mainly provided to …

We examine the relationship between road quality and regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Roads are an important public good in Africa, not only because of their positive …

Much has been written on the factors that contribute to a child's admission into institutional
care, including poverty, lack of access to education, death of a parent, active recruitment …

Despite the importance of public goods provisioning for poverty reduction, empirical
evidence shows gross under-provision of state resources in developing countries. This …

Using the case of Pakistan, this article explores the distribution and politics of public goods
provision in urban slums. Across slums, we find that public goods are mainly provided to …

Rapid urbanisation in developing countries has often resulted in slums with minimal public
goods provision, where the poor rely on clientelist networks to provide for their basic needs …

本文的研究主旨与制度规则和社会资本建设的关系有关. 与现有研究主要将社会资本视为自变量
并论述其对社会发展之作用的视角不同, 本文将社会资本视为因变量, 追踪具有公共品性质的 …