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Blog Post
September 13, 2011
This is a joint post with Steph Majerowicz.
The Arab Spring has grabbed the world’s attention, yet Iraq—the Arab country that not long ago was the very epicenter of American foreign policy—has all but fallen off the front pages. While Iraq’s security has improved greatly, the country is s...
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September 12, 2011
This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz.
How should Uganda use its prospective oil revenues? Our recent paper on this question argued that choices should be considered with an eye towards both their development impact and the implications for governance. We are happy that the pape...
Blog Post
September 08, 2011
This is a joint post with Michael Clemens.
Michael Clemens recently wrote me, saying that he gets asked this question a lot. I do, too. So I was interested when he brought my attention to a 2007 article in Forbes that discusses a number of companies that do use randomized studies. I wasn’t ...