Ranked voting is an election format in which each voter ranks candidates on a ballot, and individual rankings are aggregated using a general rule to produce a social ranking. This paper proposes a non-cooperative...
This paper examines recent evidence on tax administration interventions aimed at increasing tax revenues in lower-income countries. It focuses on two major themes: the use of new information technology...
Can effective policy implementation change political selection by inducing voters to prioritize leader competence over other traits, such as gender? This paper answers this question by examining the impact...
This paper proposes a preliminary economic model of political clientelism and corruption in developing countries with weak rule of law. It explains why this corruption is often chronic and persistent...
To address key knowledge gaps related to compound risk, this report by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam’s IVM Institute for Environmental Studies and World Bank’s Global Crisis Risk Platform (GCRP) documents...
This paper considers the political influence of private firms. While such influence is frequently discussed, there is limited analysis of how firms combine political interactions, and under what conditions...
Libya's political and economic situation remains complex and unpredictable, but there are signs of progress as warring factions have begun to communicate. In 2020, the Libyan economic performance was the...
With two waves of COVID-19 and the February 2021 coup, Myanmar’s international trade declined by 19 percent (or US$7.1 billion) in FY21. Compared with FY20, exports and imports declined by 16 percent and...