There is general agreement that the existence of participatory institutions is a necessary condition for accountability, especially where top-down institutions are malfunctioning or missing. In education, the evidence on the effectiveness of participatory accountability is mixed. This paper...

Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, especially in developing countries. The authors investigate the willingness to work in a rural area among final year nursing and medical students in Ethiopia. Analyzing data obtained from...

Drawing on a unique panel sample of households residing in three resettlement areas of rural Zimbabwe, the authors analyse the impact of farmer contact with agricultural extension services of farm productivity. They exploit two features of the data: the data's longitudinal nature and explicit...