Research
PUBLICATIONS
"Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa: A Systematic Review of Energy Transition Research,” with Prudence Dato, Brian Mukhaya, and Lily Odarno, Energy Policy. Volume 187, April 2024, 114044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114044
"Making institutions work from the bottom up in Africa," with Admasu Asfaw Maruta and Josephine Ofori Adofo, March 2022, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Oxford University Press.
"Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda," with Todd Pugatch, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 149,102583, March 2021. (RISE Working Paper 20/052, IZA Discussion Paper No. 13634).
“Improving Access and Quality in Early Childhood Development Programs: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia," with Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis, and Todd Pugatch. 2022. Economic Development and Cultural Change. Volume 70, Number 4. Pages 1479–529. July 2022. https://doi.org/10.1086/714013 (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8737, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12163).
"Why is Household Electricity Uptake Low in Sub-Saharan Africa?," with Agnieszka Postepska and Yanbin Xu, World Development, Volume 133, 105002, September 2020
“Financial Constraints and Girls’ Secondary Education: Evidence from School Fee Elimination in The Gambia,” with Ousman Gajigo and Todd Pugatch, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2019, Pages 185–208, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7908, IZA Discussion Paper 9129.
"Kinship, Trust, and Moral Hazard in the Motorcycle-Taxi Market in Togo and Benin," Journal of African Economies, 24 (2): 173-192, 2015 [Editor's choice]
"Team Incentives for Education in Developing Countries: A Randomized Field Experiment in Benin," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(4): 90-109, 2014
"Public Investment in Rural Infrastructure: Some Political Economy Considerations," with Robin Harding and Leonard Wantchekon, Journal of African Economies, 22 (suppl 2):ii57-ii83, 2013
WORKING PAPERS
"Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope, " with a large number of co-authors
"Local taxation and development finance in the DRC: A comment on Balán et al. (2022)," with Sossou Adjisse and P Paul Castaneda Dower)
"Unintended Consequences of Youth Entrepreneurship Programs: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda" (with Todd Pugatch). IZA Discussion Paper No. 16489.
“Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from the Gambia,” with Pedro Carneiro, Pamela Jervis Ortiz, Nathalie Lahire, and Todd Pugatch
“Taxation, Microenterprises, and Institutional Development: A Comparative Analysis from Benin, Ghana, and Togo,” (with Paul Castaneda Dower)
"Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Small and Informal Firms in Togo," 2021, with Paul Castaneda Dower.
“Parental Human Capital and Effective School Management: Evidence from The Gambia,” 2020, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7238, April 2015. (Previously titled: "School-Based Management and Educational Outcomes: Lessons from a Randomized Field Experiment"), with David K Evans and Nathalie Lahire.
"Technology in the Classroom and Learning in Secondary Schools," 2020, Ousman Gajigo, Solomon Owusu, Ryoko Tomita, Yanbin Xu, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #9288.
"Effective Governance and Taxation: A Comparative Analysis of Small-Scale Firms in Benin, Ghana, and Togo," 2018, with Paul Castaneda Dower.
”Electricity provision and tax mobilization in Africa,” 2018, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8408 and Afrobarometer Working Paper # 179, with Justice Tei Mensah, Kenneth Opalo, and Ruifan Shi.
"Why are connection charges so high? - An analysis of the electricity sector in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2018, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8407, with Jevgenijs Steinbuks and Shaun McCrae.
"Parental Involvement and Children’s Educational Achievement in Benin," With Leonard Wantchekon.
”Why Do students learn so little? Seeking answers inside Haiti’s classrooms: Why Do students learn so little? Seeking answers inside Haiti's classrooms,” with Melissa Adelman, Juan Baron, David K Evans, Atabanam Simbou, and Noah Yarrow.
"Can Information Technology Improve School Effectiveness in Haiti? Evidence from a Field Experiment," with Melissa Adelman, David K Evans, Atabanam Simbou, and Noah Yarrow (The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF)'s Policy note)
BOOKS
BOOK CHAPTERS
Chapter 2: "Developing Universal Foundational Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa," with David K Evans and Muthoni Ngatia, in "Arias Diaz, Omar S.; Evans, David; Santos, Indhira Vanessa. 2019. The Skills Balancing Act in Sub-Saharan Africa : Investing in Skills for Productivity, Inclusivity, and Adaptability. Africa Development Forum. Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group"
Chapter 2: "Human Capital", with Solomon Owusu, in “Choi, Jieun; Dutz, Mark; Usman, Zainab. 2019. The Future of Work in Africa : Harnessing the Potential of Digital Technologies for All. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32124 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”