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The Development of Development Economics
(2016-04)
This paper discusses the historical roots of development economics and how it has changed over the last half century. We first identify the most important changes in orientation within development economics and discuss ...
Institution building with limited resources: Establishing a supreme audit institution in Rwanda
(2011-01)
This study is about institution building with limited resources. Through a case study of
the establishment of a supreme audit institution (SAI) in Rwanda, we examine the tensions
between institutional first-best benchmarks ...
Clientelism and ethnic division
(2014-06)
Abstract: In light of the empirical evidence on clientelism and ethno-regional favouritism in
African politics, the present paper examines the relationship between ethnic divisions and clientelism. Specifically, we ask ...
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in Africa?
(2016-06)
We provide micro-level evidence on an important channel through which mineral resources may adversely affect development in the long-run: lower educational attainment. Combining Afrobarometer survey data with geocoded data ...
Fiscal Capacity and Government Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2011-06)
Historical evidence from the developed world suggests that the expansion of the mod-
ern states’ fiscal capacity (i. e. its ability to tax citizens) eventually led to more democratic
and less corrupt governments. Since ...
Wage Effects of Labor Migration with International Capital Mobility
(2010-08)
Wage effects of immigration are investigated in a setting with international capital mobility, which eliminates two-thirds of the native wage-effects of immigration. Without international capital mobility, overall gains ...
The Changing Structure of Swedish Foreign Aid
(2016-03)
The study investigates how the composition and character of aid of Swedish aid has changed over
time, and what effects these changes have had for the potential to realize key aspects of the Paris agenda such as ownership, ...