Journal Articles
Kyle, Jordan and Danielle Resnick. 2019. Delivering More With Less: Subnational Service Provision in Low Capacity States. Studies in Comparative International Development 54(1): 133-163.
- See the paper summarized here for a policy audience.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto. 2019. Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia. Journal of Political Economy 127(1): 101-137.
- See the paper summarized here for a policy audience.
Kyle, Jordan. 2018. Local Corruption and Popular Support for Fuel Subsidy Reform in Indonesia. Comparative Political Studies 51(11): 1472-1503.
- See the paper summarized here for a policy audience.
- For the Washington Post Monkey Cage, I apply lessons from Indonesia to understand protests against fuel subsidy reform in Ecuador and absence of protests against reform in Nigeria for Project Syndicate.
- Media and policy coverage in NPR, Eco-Business, at the Center for Global Development, the Overseas Development Institute, and the Global Subsidies Initiative.
Banerjee, Abhijit, Rema Hanna, Jordan Kyle, Benjamin Olken, and Sudarno Sumarto. 2018. Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia. Journal of Political Economy 126(2): 451-491.
- See the paper summarized here for a policy audience.
- Media coverage in The Economist and NPR.
Under Review and in Progress
Securing the Peace or Renegotiating the Political Settlement? Understanding Popular Support for Post-Conflict Constitutions (with Danielle Resnick) Under Review
Local Governance in Anticipatory Action and Crisis Response: A New Study in Mali (Project note; with Jaimie Bleck, Jessica Gottlieb, Katrina Kosec, and Moumouni Soumano)
Increasing Women’s Voice and Agency Using Role Models and Skills Training: Experimental Evidence from the MGNREGA Program in Odisha, India (Pre-analysis plan; with Katrina Kosec, Sudha Narayanan, and Kalyani Raghunathan)
Can Trainings on Women’s Voice and Agency Raise Women’s Aspirations, Entrepreneurial Activities, and Well-being? Evidence from Rural Nigeria (Pre-analysis plan, with Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Mo)
Book Chapters, Working Papers, & Policy Reports
- Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Governance (WEAGov) Assessment Framework: A Pilot Study in Nigeria, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 02222, Dec 2023 (with Catherine Ragasa, Anthony Ojonimi Onoja, Anthonia I. Achike, Stella O. Adejoh, Chinasa S. Onyenekwe, Gbenga F. Koledoye, Gloria C. Ujor, & Perpetual Nkechi Nwali). Policy brief: WEAGov Nigeria Note.
- Sure Bets or Risky Gambles? Understanding popular support for post-conflict constitutions, Brookings Global Economy and Development Working Paper No. 183 (with Danielle Resnick)
- Conceptualizing Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Systems Governance: A new framework, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 02153, Dec 2022 (with Catherine Ragasa, Patricia Kristjanson, and Sarah Eissler)
- High Tide? Populism in Power 1990-2020, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Feb 2020 (with Brett Meyer)
- Nepal’s Changing Governance Structure and Implications for Agricultural Development. In Agricultural Transformation in Nepal, edited by G. Thapa, A. Kumar, and P. Joshi. Singapore: Springer. 2019 (with Danielle Resnick)
- The Populist Harm to Democracy: An empirical assessment, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Dec 2018 (with Yascha Mounk). Media coverage: Foreign Affairs, World Politics Review, El Pais
- Populists in Power Around the World, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Nov 2018 (with Limor Gultchin). Media coverage: The New York Times, Forbes, Project Syndicate
- Improving the Equity and Effectiveness of Nepal’s Fertilizer Subsidy Program, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01685, Dec 2017 (with Danielle Resnick)
- Perspectives on the Role of the State in Economic Development: Taking stock of the ‘developmental state’ after 35 years, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01597, Jan 2017
- Nepal’s 2072 Federal Constitution: Implications for the governance of the agricultural sector, IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 01589, Dec 2016 (with Danielle Resnick)
- What Can We Learn from Oil Contracts? Clarifying the Links between Transparency and Accountability. In Transparency in the Age of Abundance, edited by M. Masson and J. C. Vieyra. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank. 2014.