Documents & Reports
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Displacement and Return in the Internet Era : How Social Media Captures Migration Decisions in Northern Syria (English)
Starting in 2011, the Syrian civil war has resulted in the displacement of over 80% of the Syrian population. This paper analyzes how the widespread use of social media has recorded migration considerations...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10024 Document Date: April 26, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Walk,Erin Elizabeth,Garimella,Kiran,Christia,Fotini
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The national solidarity program : assessing the effects of community-driven development in Afghanistan (English)
Over the past two decades, community-based approaches to project delivery have become a popular means for governments and development agencies to improve the alignment of projects with the needs of rural...
Report No.: WPS7415 Document Date: September 18, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Electoral rules and political selection : theory and evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan (English)
Voters commonly face a choice between competent candidates and those with policy preferences similar to their own. This paper explores how electoral rules, such as district magnitude, mediate this trade-off...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7361 Document Date: July 13, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Egorov,Georgy,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Randomized impact evaluation of Afghanistan's national solidarity program : executive summary of the final report (Dari)
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 community development councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81251 Document Date: September 26, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Randomized impact evaluation of Afghanistan's national solidarity program : executive summary of the final report (English)
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 community development councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81251 Document Date: September 18, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Randomized impact evaluation of Afghanistan's national solidarity programme (English)
The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
Document Type: Other Rural Study Report No.: 81107 Document Date: July 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Do elected councils improve governance ? experimental evidence on local institutions in Afghanistan (English)
Using data from a field experiment in 500 villages, this paper studies how local institutions affect the quality of governance, as measured by aid distribution outcomes. In villages where elected councils...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6510 Document Date: June 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Randomized impact evaluation of Afghanistan's national solidarity program : executive summary of the final report (Pashto)
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 community development councils (CDCs) across 361 districts...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81251 Document Date: May 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Empowering women : evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan (English)
In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs that encourage female participation in local governance can potentially redress gender imbalances in economic, political, and social...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6269 Document Date: November 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Winning hearts and minds through development ? evidence from a field experiment in Afghanistan (English)
In areas afflicted by civil conflict, development projects can potentially serve an important counterinsurgency function by redressing grievances of marginalized groups and reducing violence. Using a large-scale...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6129 Document Date: July 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Direct democracy and resource allocation : experimental evidence from Afghanistan (English)
Direct democracy is designed to better align public resource allocation decisions with citizen preferences. Using a randomized field experiment in 250 villages across Afghanistan, this paper compares outcomes...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6133 Document Date: July 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,Enikolopov,Ruben
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Randomized impact evaluation of phase-II of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Program (Vol. 1 of 1 ) (English)
The National Solidarity Program (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan and a flagship program of the Afghan government. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 22,500 Community...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 63773 Document Date: July 8, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Beath,Andrew,Christia,Fotini,pov , Ruben Enikolo,Kabuli,Shahim Ahmad