Governance — DevLab@Duke

Top-Down and Bottom-Up Mechanisms of Accountability: An Impact Evaluation of USAID GSAM

Authors: Heather Huntington, Erik Wibbels and Brett Gall
Partner/Funder: USAID, with Social Impact
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Testing Legislator Responsiveness to Citizens and Firms in the Vietnamese National Assembly: A Field Experiment

Authors: Edmund Malesky, Anh Le, Jason Todd
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Myanmar Business Environment Index

Authors: Edmund Malesky
Partner/Funder: The Asia Foundation; DaNa Facility
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Why Do Weak Governments Persist over Time? On the Causes and Consequences of Electing Criminal Politicians for Public Office: Evidence from Peru

Authors: Azam Chaudhry, Kate Vyborny

Targeting One’s Own: Politicians, clans, and cash transfers in Punjab, Pakistan

Authors: Azam Chaudhry, Kate Vyborny
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Decentralized Governance and Accountability: Academic Research and the Future of Donor Programming

Authors: Jonathan Rodden and Erik Wibbels
Partner/Funder: USAID’s DRG Centre

Political Networks, Clientelism and Public Goods

Authors: Guadalupe Rojo, Subhash Jha and Erik Wibbels
Partner/Funders: Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

DevLab@Duke

The DevLab@Duke is an applied learning environment that focuses on connecting social scientists at Duke who work in international development with the community of development practitioners to develop rigorous programming, collect monitoring and evaluation data, and conduct impact evaluations of development projects. The lab connects faculty and graduate students from several departments and schools at Duke who have extensive experience in both international development and program evaluation, including a broad range of donor activities in the areas of education, health, governance, cross-sectoral programming, environment, labor markets and economic growth.