Working Papers and Publications
- Do Value-Added Estimates Add Value? Accounting for Learning Dynamics (with Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and Asim Khwaja) Forthcoming shortly.
- India shining and Bharat drowning: comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement (with Jishnu Das) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #4644. June, 2008.
- Learning Levels and Gaps in Pakistan (with Jishnu Das and Priyanka Pandey) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #4067. November, 2006.
- Can
Foreign Aid Create an Incentive for Good Governance? Evidence from the
Millennium Challenge Corporation (with Doug Johnson)
April, 2006.
Note: This paper is being updated. Results may change. - Religious
School Enrollment
in Pakistan: A Look at the Data (with Tahir Andrabi,
Jishnu Das and Asim Khwaja). Comparative
Education Review, Vol 50 (2006).
Selected Coverage: The Economist, Foreign Policy, NY Times, Kennedy School Insight Series, Al-Jazeera.Winner of the George Bereday Award for outstanding article published in the CER for the year 2006.
- Madrassa Metrics: The Statistics and Rhetoric of Religious Enrollment in Pakistan. (with Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das and Asim Khwaja). Forthcoming in Beyond Crisis: A Critical Second Look at Pakistan, Routledge.
- Black Enterprise and the Legacy of Slavery. Review of Black Political Economy. Winter 2003, 30:3.
