Articles in Refereed Journals

“Debates: Voting and expenditure responses to political communication” Journal of Political Economy, Volume 128, Issue 8, Pages 2880-2924, (with Kelly Bidwell and Katherine Casey). (2020)

“Does Transparency Pay?” IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55. Issue 1). (with Yongseok  Shin). (2008)

Working Papers

“The media or the message? Experimental evidence on mass media and modern contraception uptake in Burkina Faso” Centre for the Study of African Economics Working Paper, (with Joanna Murray and Victor Pouliquen). (2021)

 “Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a randomized evaluation in education in India” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 1-30 (with Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, and Stuti Khemani) (see also NBER Working Paper No 14467). (2008)

Other Publications

“Can Informational Campaigns Raise Awareness and Local Participation in Primary Education?” Economic and Political Weekly, 42(15): 1365-1372. (with Abhijit Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Daniel Keniston, Stuti Khemani, and Marc Shotland). (2006)

Articles in Refereed Journals

“Preparing for a pandemic: Accelerating vaccine availability” AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 111, Pages 331-335, (with Amrita Ahuja, Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Eric Budish, Juan Camilo Castillo, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Canice Prendergast, Christopher M. Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Joel Tan, and Witold Więcek (2021)

“Market design to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine supply” Science, Vol.  371, Issue 6534, Pages 1107-1109,  (with Juan Camilo Castillo, Amrita Ahuja, Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Eric Budish, Tasneem Chipty, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Kremer, Greg Larson, Jean Lee, Canice Prendergast, Christopher M Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Joel Tan, and Witold Więcek). (2021)

“Impact of a Daily SMS Reminder System on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes” PLOS (with Aamir Khan and Shama Mohammed). (2016)

“Improving immunization coverage in rural India: clustered randomized controlled evaluation of immunization campaigns with and without incentives,” British Medical Journal Vol. 340, Issue 2220. (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Dhruva Kothari). (2010)

“Putting a Band Aid on a Corpse: Incentives for Nurses in the Indian Public Health Care System,” Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 6, Issues 2-3, Pages 487-500. (with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo). (2008)

“Creating Markets for Vaccines,” Innovations, Pages 66-79. (with Michael Kremer and Heidi Williams). (2006)

“Advance purchase commitments for a malaria vaccine: Estimating costs and effectiveness,” Health Economics, Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 491-511. (with Ernst Berndt, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Ruth Levine, Georg Weisäcker, and Heidi Williams). (2006)

Working Papers

“Throwing the baby out with the drinking water: unintended consequences of arsenic mitigation efforts in Bangladesh” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 25729, (with Nina Buchmann, Erica M. Field, and Reshmann N. Hussam) (2019)

“The media or the message? Experimental evidence on mass media and modern contraception uptake in Burkina Faso” Centre for the Study of African Economics Working Paper, (with Joanna Murray and Victor Pouliquen). (2021)

Books and Book Chapters

“Improving Health in Developing Countries: Evidence from Randomized Evaluations” in Handbook of Health Economics (Vol. 2), edited by Mark V. Pauly, Thomas G. Mcguire and Pedro P. Barros, Elsevier Press. (with Michael Kremer). (2012)

“Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia among the Poorest?” in Explorations in the Economics of Aging, edited by David Wise, University of Chicago Press. (with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo). (2011)

“Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases” Princeton University Press. (with Michael Kremer). (2004)

Other Publications

“Socio-economic impacts of Ebola, Sierra Leone” Rounds 1 and 2, (with Fu, Himelien and Suri) World Bank. Available at http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/socio-economic-impactsebola-sierra-leone. (2014)

“The Price of Life,” Foreign Policy, pp. 26-27. (with Michael Kremer and Heidi Williams). (2005)

Ongoing Research

“The Impact of Mass Media Campaigns on Family Planning: a Randomized Trial in Burkina Faso”, (with Joanna Murray and Victor Pouliquen).

“Optimizing the Design of Incentives for Immunization: a Randomized Trial in Karachi” (with Subhash Chandir and Aamir Khan).

Articles in Refereed Journals

“The Challenge of Education and Learning in the Developing World,” Science, Vol. 340, Issue 6130, Pages 297-300. (with Michael Kremer and Conner Brannen). (2013)

Working Papers

“How to Improve Education Outcomes Most Efficiently?” World Bank Group Policy Research Working Paper, Issue 9450. (with Noam Angrist, David K, Evan, Deon Filmer, F. Halsey Rogers, and Shwetlana Sabarwal) (2020)

Articles in Refereed Journals

“The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation,” AEJ: Applied Economics, Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 22-53. (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Cynthia Kinnan). (2015)

“Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Preanalysis Plan”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1755-1812. (with Katherine Casey and Edward Miguel). (2012)

Working Papers

“A Signal to End Child Marriage: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper (with Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Shahana Nazneen, and Xiao Yu Wang). (2021)

“Money vs Power: A Randomized Trial of Alternative Approaches to Reducing Child

Marriage in Bangladesh” (with Nina Buchmann, Erica Field, Shahana Nazneen, Svetlana Pimlaka, and Iman Sen). Available at www.povertyactionlab.org/glennerster. (2017)

Other Publications

“A Practical Guide to Measuring Women’s and Girl’s Empowerment in Impact Evaluations” Gender Sector, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Lab. (2018)

Ongoing Research

“Adolescent Empowerment and Early Marriage in Rural Bangladesh” (with Erica Field).

Articles in Refereed Journals

“Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Preanalysis Plan”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 127, Issue 4, Pages 1755-1812. (with Katherine Casey and Edward Miguel). (2012)

Working Papers

“Skill versus voice in local development” National Bureau of Economic Research, Issue w25022, (with Katherine Casey, Edward Miguel, and Maarten Voors. (2018)

“Long Run Effects of Aid: Forecasts and Evidence from Sierra Leone” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper (with Katherine Casey, Edward Miguel, and Maarten J Voors). (2021)

Articles in Refereed Journals

“Reconciliation in Sierra Leone”, Science, Vol. 352, Issue 6287, Pages 766-767. (with Katherine Casey). (2016)

“Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities”, The Economic Journal, Vol. 123, Pages 285-316 (with Edward Miguel and Alexander D. Rothenberg). (2013)

Ongoing Research

“Long-term Economic Impacts of Post-War Reconstruction Aid in Sierra Leone” (with Katherine Casey, Edward Miguel and Maartin Voors).

Articles in Refereed Journals

Working Papers

“Rural Roads and Intermediated Trade: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Sierra Leone,”SSRN Working Paper, (with Lorenzo Casaburi and Tavneet Suri). (2013)

Ongoing Research

“Promoting Adoption of New Innovations in the Presence of Learning Externalities” (with Tavneet Suri).

Articles in Refereed Journals

“Evidence-Informed Policy from an International Perspective” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. (with Thomas Chupein). (2018)

“Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research”, Science, (Vol 343, Issue 6166, Pages 30-31. with Katherine Casey, Guido W.Imbens, E. Miguel, C. Camerer, J. Cohen, K.M. Esterling, A. Gerber, D.P. Green, D. Laitin, L. Neslon, B.A. Nosek, M. Petersen, R. Sedlmayr, J.P. Simmons, U. Simonsohn, M. Van der Laan). (2014)

“The Power of Evidence: Improving the Effectiveness of Government by Investing in More Rigorous Evaluation,” National Institute Economic Review Vol. 219, Issue 1, Pages R4-R14. (2012)

Books and Book Chapters

“The Practicalities of Running Randomized Evaluations: Partnerships, Measurement, Ethics, and Transparency” in Handbook of Economic Field Experiments, edited by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, Elsevier. (2017)

“Balancing Risk and Benefit: Ethical Tradeoffs in Running Randomized Evaluations” in Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics, edited by George DeMartino, Oxford University Press. (with Shawn Powers). (2014)

“Running Randomized Evaluations: A practical guide”. Princeton University Press. (with Kudzai Takavarasha). (2013)

“Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Inform Policy in Developing Countries: A General Framework with Applications for Education” (with Iqbal Dhaliwal, Esther Duflo, Caitlin Tulloch), in Education Policy in Developing Countries edited by Paul Glewwe, University of Chicago Press. (2012)

“Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit,” in T. Paul Schultz (ed) Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, pp. 3895-3957. (with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer). See also NBER Technical Working Paper 333. (2008)

Other Publications

“The generalizability puzzle” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Pages 50-54,  (with Mary Ann Bates). (2017)

“Small Changes, Big Results: Behavioral Economics at Work in Poor Countries,” Boston Review,36(2): 12-17. (with Michael Kremer) (2011).

“Randomized Evaluations of Interventions in Social Service Delivery,” Development Outreach 6(1), 9pgs. (with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer). (2004)