beifert - Research

Current working papers:

"Infrastructure and Market Structure in Least-Developed Countries,"

"Political Sources of Ethnic Identification in Africa," with Edward Miguel and Daniel Posner. Under review at The American Journal of Political Science.

"Do Regulatory Reforms Stimulate Investment and Growth? Evidence from the Doing Business Data, 2003-07,"

"Social and Environmental Crediting: An Impacts-Based Strategy for Efficient and Sustainable Development Funding," with Robert Van Buskirk.

Published academic and policy articles:

"Coping with Aid Volatility," Finance & Development, with Alan Gelb.

"Reforming Aid: Towards More Predictable, Performance-Based Financing for Development", 2007. With Alan Gelb. Forthcoming in World Development.

"Managing Oil Wealth," Finance & Development. 2005. with Alan Gelb and Nils Borje Tallroth.

"The Cost of Doing Business in Africa: Evidence from the World Bank's Investment Climate Surveys ," 2007. With Alan Gelb and Vijaya Ramachandran. Forthcoming in World Development.

“The political economy of fiscal policy and economic management in oil exporting countries,” with Alan Gelb and Nils Borje Tallroth, in Ossowski and Fedelino, eds. (2003), Fiscal policy formulation and implementation in oil-producing countries, Washington, DC: IMF

Management project:

Slide deck on background research project on measuring management practices

Slide deck on controlled experiment designed to measure impact of management practices on the performance of Indian textile/garment firms and understand the barriers to adoption of modern management practices