Night lights, as detected by satellites, are increasingly used by economists, typically as a
proxy for economic activity. The growing popularity of these data reflects either the absence …

The SHRUG is an open data platform describing multidimensional socioeconomic
development across 600,000 villages and towns in India. This paper presents three …

Nearly 1 billion people still lack electricity access. Developing countries are investing
billions of dollars in “last-mile” electrification, although evidence on its economic impacts is …

We combine nighttime lights data, official statistics, and new household survey data from
northern Kenya in order to assess the impact of long-term refugee camps on host …

This paper seeks to explain why billions of people in developing countries either have no
access to electricity or lack a reliable supply. We present evidence that these shortfalls are a …

How do developing states decide who gets access to public goods like electricity, water, and
education? Power and the Vote breaks new ground by showing that the provision of …

We examine the impact of establishing women police stations (WPS) on reporting of gender-
based violence. Using administrative crime data and exploiting staggered implementation …

Despite the abundant resources with which Africa is endowed, this region of the world is
also, paradoxically, the least enlightened, with a low rate of access to electricity and a high …

The study explores the link between electricity consumption, urbanization, and economic
growth in Nigeria from 1971 to 2014. The bounds test and the Bayer and Hanck (Journal of …

Despite expansive research on Amazonian deforestation and its drivers, the role of local
politics is not well understood. Using a panel data set that combines municipal-level …