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Blog Post
The Future of Legal Identity?
Alan Gelb
and
Mariana Dahan
May 07, 2015
What is “legal identity” and what might its future hold? This was the question discussed at the Future of Legal Identity Colloquium in The Hague, Netherlands last week.
WORKING PAPERS
Do Mobile Phone Surveys Work in Poor Countries? - Working Paper 398
Ben Leo et al.
April 07, 2015
In this project, we analyzed whether mobile phone-based surveys are a feasible and cost-effective approach for gathering statistically representative information in four low-income countries (Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe). 
Blog Post
It’s All Over for Uber and UN Women: Why That May Be a Bad Thing
Charles Kenny
March 24, 2015
Blog Post
Labor Pains: Birth and Civil Registration in Indonesia
Alan Gelb
March 23, 2015
Blog Post
From Blastoff to Orbit: The Next Stage for Aadhaar
Alan Gelb
and
Anit Mukherjee
March 19, 2015
Blog Post
Ghostbusters: Linking Subsidy Reform and Biometric Identification in India
Alan Gelb
and
Anna Diofasi
March 17, 2015
India has embarked on a program using biometric identification to enable a shift from blanket price-based energy subsidies to targeted compensation payments based on actual, individual energy purchases. 
Blog Post
Do Mobile Phone Surveys Work in Poor Countries?
Ben Leo
and
Robert Morello
March 10, 2015
Update: This blog was updated on 3/11/2015 from the original version. The days of pushing priorities, pet projects, or expat consultants on countries are coming to a close. Connected and increasingly empowered individuals are demanding a greater say in setting priorities, designing and implementing...