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Stuti Khemani

Stuti Khemani

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Political Science

D-Index
30
Citations
5403
World Ranking
1154
National Ranking
584

Overview

Stuti Khemani is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, economics, and development studies. Their work spans various subfields, including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, ocean engineering, and development.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics related to political economy, state capacity, bureaucratic effectiveness, and economic transformation. Key papers include:

  • Political Economy of Reform, 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
  • Building State Capacity: What is the Impact of Development Projects?, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The importance of political selection for bureaucratic effectiveness, 2023, Economica
  • Clientelism and identity, 2020, Economic and Political Studies
  • Delegation and Decentralization: Reform Ideas for Bihar's Economic Transformation, 2020, Journal of Asian Development Research

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as Andrea Barone, Edoardo Borgomeo, Dominick de Waal, Thiago Scot, and Vincenzo Di Maro. Most collaborations result in multiple joint publications, indicating sustained research partnerships.

Stuti Khemani's research has been published in venues including The World Bank eBooks, SSRN Electronic Journal, Economica, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, and Economic and Political Studies. Publication counts show a strong presence in The World Bank eBooks and diverse academic journals.

The scientist has contributed to several books primarily published by World Bank-related presses. These works address public health systems, legitimacy and trust in public institutions during COVID-19, and development projects' impacts. Titles include:

  • An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19, 2020
  • Strengthening Public Health Systems: Policy Ideas from a Governance Perspective, 2020
  • Building State Capacity: What Is the Impact of Development Projects?, 2021
  • The Economics of Water Scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa: Institutional Solutions, 2023

The primary topics in their scholarly work focus on water resources management and optimization, transboundary water resource management, fiscal policy and economic growth, water governance and infrastructure, local government finance and decentralization, international development and aid, and culture, economy, and development studies.

Best Publications

  • Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence From a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Rukmini Banerji;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster

  • Democracy, Public Expenditures and the Poor

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor: Understanding Political Incentives for Providing Public Services

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Political Cycles in a Developing Economy : Effect of Elections in Indian States

    Stuti Khemani

  • Decentralization and service delivery

    Junaid Ahmad;Shantayanan Devarajan;Stuti Khemani;Shekhar Shah

  • Does delegation of fiscal policy to an independent agency make a difference? Evidence from intergovernmental transfers in India

    Stuti Khemani

  • When Do Legislators Pass on Pork? The Role of Political Parties in Determining Legislator Effort

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Buying votes vs. supplying public services : political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies

    Stuti Khemani

  • Local Government Accountability for Health Service Delivery in Nigeria

    Stuti Khemani

  • Decentralization and accountability : are voters more vigilant in local than in national elections ?

    Stuti Khemani

  • Partisan politics and intergovernmental transfers in India

    Stuti Khemani

  • Making politics work for development : harnessing transparency and citizen engagement

    Stuti Khemani;Ernesto Dal Bó;Claudio Ferraz;Frederico Shimizu Finan

  • The Politics of Partial Decentralization

    Shantayanan Devarajan;Stuti Khemani;Shekhar Shah

  • The political economy of public expenditures

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa

    Shantayanan Devarajan;Stuti Khemani;Michael Walton

  • Why Do the Poor Receive Poor Services

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Rukmini Banerji;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster

  • Decentralized delivery of primary health services in Nigeria: survey evidence from the states of Lagos and Kogi

    Stuti Khemani;Varun Gauri;Monica Das Gupta

  • Mass media and public services : the effects of radio access on public education in Benin

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Party Politics and Fiscal Discipline in a Federation Evidence from the States of India

    Stuti Khemani

  • Political Economy of Infrastructure Spending in India

    Stuti Khemani

  • An Opportunity to Build Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the Time of COVID-19

    Stuti Khemani

  • Can information campaigns spark local participation and improve outcomes ? A study of primary education in Uttar Pradesh, India

    Abhijit Banerjee;Rukmini Banerji;Esther Duflo;Rachel Glennerster

  • Strengthening public health systems : policy ideas from a governance perspective

    Stuti Khemani;Sarang Chaudhary;Thiago Scot

  • Mass media and public education: The effects of access to community radio in Benin

    Philip Keefer;Stuti Khemani

  • Political capture of decentralization : vote-buying through grants-financed local jurisdictions

    Stuti Khemani

  • Can Information Campaigns Overcome Political Obstacles to Serving the Poor

    Stuti Khemani;Shantayanan Devarajan;Ingrid Widlund

  • The Political Economy of Equalization Transfers

    Stuti Khemani

  • Political economy of reform

    Stuti Khemani

  • What Is State Capacity

    Stuti Khemani

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Keefer
Philip Keefer Inter-American Development Bank
Shantayanan Devarajan
Shantayanan Devarajan Georgetown University
Jishnu Das
Jishnu Das Georgetown University
Daniel Houser
Daniel Houser George Mason University
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University

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