rorourke

This paper examines whether decentralization increases the responsiveness of public investment to local needs using a unique database from Bolivia. Empirical tests show that investment patterns in human capital and social services changed significantly after decentralization. These changes are strongly and positively related to objective indicators of need. Nationally, these changes were driven...

Attached is chapter summary of a Moran reading that I did for my regulation class. It is a pretty intense summary, but hopefully i will get better at making them shorter. This chapter is super useful for background and understanding of British Regulatory regime. It made a lot of sense to me and helped me understand so much.

Class assignment

assignments of who's getting what

Who's getting what articles, etc...

Course outline

Comments on a recently published book on the 'Resource Curse' - why countries rich in resources remain poor.