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Efficacy of behavioral interventions to improve maternal health seeking behavior (MHSB) has been increasingly scrutinized, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (200…

In this dissertation I examine why some development projects have succeeded while others failed to complete during the post-2001 Afghan insurgency. Through disaggregated statistical analysis, I find that interactions of location, time, ethnic heterogeneity (Cederman et al. 2009)…

This research uses extended case study research method to address the issue of local ownership of international projects funded by the U.S. Government. The focus on development projects uncovers factors that have escaped the policy discussion on local ownership so far, for examp…

Poverty remains the scourge of the modern world. Millions of people live in poverty despite the best efforts of the most powerful governments in the world. Due to a myriad of political and historical reasons, the most vulnerable of these are in Africa, and the sub-Saharan region…