Fiscal Policy’s Role in Economic Resilience to Climate Shocks (with Armon Rezai Franz Ruch Rishabh Choudhary) CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP19704 [United Nation Disaster Risk Reduction]
“Tonga: Fiscal Anchors Analysis” (with Ruth Nikijuluw and Ibrahim Saeed Chowdhury)
``Crowding in" of Private Investment and Returns to Public Investment Revisited (with Maty Konte and Franz Ulrich) [Revised Version] Policy Research Working Paper Version No. 10881
Summary: We study the effect of public investment on private investment with implication for the returns on public investment under imperfect capital markets in emerging and developing countries.
The People's Voice and Access to Sanitation (with Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Johnson Kakeu, Cristelle Kouame) [Revised Version] Policy Research Working Paper No. 10430
Summary: We estimate the causal effect of voice and accountability, which captures transparent electoral process, free media, and freedom of expression, on access to sanitation services in developing countries. We find that voice and accountability has a positive effect on access to sanitation and closes the rural-urban gap in access to sanitation.