Charles Kenny

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• Center for Global Development (CGD)
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author of:

• What's Not Converging? East Asia's Relative Performance in Income, Health, and Education
  Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research (2008)
  by Charles KENNY
  (ReDIF-article, bla:asiapr:v:3:y:2008:i:1:p:19-37)
• Does Growth Cause Happiness, or Does Happiness Cause Growth?
  Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (1999)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, bla:kyklos:v:52:y:1999:i:1:p:3-25)
• Were People in the Past Poor and Miserable?
  Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2006)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, bla:kyklos:v:59:y:2006:i:2:p:275-306)
• Is Anywhere Stuck in a Malthusian Trap?
  Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell (2010)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, bla:kyklos:v:63:y:2010:i:2:p:192-205)
• A Global Treaty to Reduce Antimicrobial Use in Livestock
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Kimberly Ann Elliott & Charles Kenny & Janeen Madan
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:102)
• Publish What You Buy: The Case for Routine Publication of Government Contracts
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2012)
  by Charles Kenny & Jonathan Karver
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:11)
• Inside the Portfolio of the International Finance Corporation: Does IFC Do Enough in Low-Income Countries?
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2018)
  by Charles Kenny & Jared Kalow & Vijaya Ramachandran
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:115)
• Comparing Five Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and the IFC
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2018)
  by Charles Kenny & Jared Kalow & Ben Leo & Vijaya Ramachandran
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:116)
• UK Research Aid: Tied, Opaque and Off-Topic?
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2019)
  by Lee Robinson & Euan Ritchie & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:152)
• Marginal, Not Transformational: Development Finance Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2019)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:156)
• Five Principles for Use of Aid in Subsidies to the Private Sector
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2019)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:157)
• Can the US Development Finance Corporation Compete?
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2019)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:158)
• Aid-Financed Mechanisms for Technology Development
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Lee Robinson & Euan Ritchie & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:176)
• Official Development Assistance, Global Public Goods, and Implications for Climate Finance
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:188b)
• What is the Role of Aid in Middle-Income Countries?
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Ranil Dissanyake & Charles Kenny & Mark Plant
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:201)
• Unpacking Gender Gaps and Data Gaps in Public Sector Employment and Pay
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Ugonma Nwankwo & Megan O’Donnell & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:209)
• The Case for Transparency in Power Project Contracts: A Proposal for the Creation of Global Disclosure Standards and PPA Watch
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Mohamed Rali Badissy & Charles Kenny & Todd Moss
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:227)
• The Global Partnership for Development: A Review of MDG 8 and Proposals for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2013)
  by Charles Kenny & Sarah Dykstra
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:26)
• Moving Beyond Mines and Mobiles: How Can IFC Add Value in Fragile States?
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2013)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:30)
• Technology, Development, and the Post-2015 Settlement
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2015)
  by Charles Kenny & Owen Barder
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:63)
• Finding Cash for Infrastructure in Addis: Blending, Lending and Guarantees in Finance for Development
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2015)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:66)
• Do the Results Match the Rhetoric? An Examination of World Bank Gender Projects
  Policy Papers, Center for Global Development (2016)
  by Charles Kenny & Megan O’Donnell
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:ppaper:77)
• Learning about Schools in Development - Working Paper 236
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2010)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:236)
• The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge and Global Health - Working Paper 252
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2011)
  by Ursula Casabonne and Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:252)
• Publishing Construction Contracts as a Tool for Efficiency and Good Governance - Working Paper 272
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2011)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:272)
• More Money or More Development: What Have the MDGs Achieved- Working Paper 278
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2011)
  by Charles Kenny, Andy Sumner
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:278)
• MDGs 2.0: What Goals, Targets, and Timeframe? - Working Paper 297
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2012)
  by Charles Kenny, Jonathan Karver, and Andy Sumner
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:297)
• Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down-Working Paper 338
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2013)
  by Lant Pritchett, Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:338)
• Can Results-Based Payments Reduce Corruption?-Working Paper 345
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2013)
  by Charles Kenny, William Savedoff
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:345)
• The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence - Working Paper 394
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2015)
  by Sarah Dykstra, Amanda Glassman, Charles Kenny, and Justin Sandefur
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:394)
• The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2004)
  by Michael A. Clemens & Charles J. Kenny & Todd J. Moss
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:40)
• The Impact of Legislation on the Hazard of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Burkina Faso - Working Paper 432
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2016)
  by Ben Crisman, Sarah Dykstra, Charles Kenny and Megan O'Donnell
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:432)
• Results Through Transparency: Does Publicity Lead to Better Procurement? - Working Paper 437
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2016)
  by Charles Kenny and Ben Crisman
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:437)
• Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey - Working Paper 452
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Charles Kenny, Dev Patel
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:452)
• Norms and Reform: Legalizing Homosexuality Improves Attitudes
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Charles Kenny & Dev Patel
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:465)
• Estimating the SDGs' Demand for Innovation
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2017)
  by Charles Kenny & Dev Patel
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:469)
• Measuring the Development Impact of the IFC and Development Finance
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2020)
  by Charles Kenny & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:562)
• We Should Be Spending More of Available Aid in Poorer Countries, Not Less
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:564)
• Can Africa Help Europe Avoid Its Looming Aging Crisis?
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021)
  by Charles Kenny & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:584)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Rollout in Historical Perspective
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2022)
  by Amanda Glassman & Charles Kenny & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:607)
• Technology and Development: An Exploration of the Data
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2022)
  by Charles Kenny & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:617)
• Should Infrastructure Investors Care About Human Capital?
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2022)
  by Charles Kenny & George Yang
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:624)
• The Ultimate Resource is Peaking
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:630)
• Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Charles Kenny & Zack Gehan
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:634)
• Is Manufacturing Destiny? On the Dynamics of Future Sectoral Shares and Development
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Brian Webster & Charles Kenny & Ranil Dissanayake
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:662)
• The Future of Official Aid Flows
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Charles Kenny & Zack Gehan
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:663)
• Missing Figures: Women's Underrepresentation in IFI Leadership
  Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2023)
  by Eeshani Kandpal & Brian Webster & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cgd:wpaper:669)
• Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down
  CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013)
  by Lant Pritchett & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, cid:wpfacu:265)
• The Challenge of Affluence: Self Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950. By Avner Offer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. xviii + 454 pp. Illustrations, figures, ta
  Business History Review, Cambridge University Press (2007)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-article, cup:buhirw:v:81:y:2007:i:02:p:343-346_00)
• Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down
  Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2013)
  by Pritchett, Lant & Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:harjfk:rwp13-033)
• Networking for foreign direct investment: the telecommunications industry and its effect on investment
  Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier (2004)
  by Reynolds, Taylor & Kenny, Charles & Liu, Jia & Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei
  (ReDIF-article, eee:iepoli:v:16:y:2004:i:2:p:159-164)
• Is there an anticorruption agenda in utilities?
  Utilities Policy, Elsevier (2009)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juipol:v:17:y:2009:i:2:p:156-165)
• Can information and communication technologies be pro-poor?
  Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier (2002)
  by Forestier, Emmanuel & Grace, Jeremy & Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-article, eee:telpol:v:26:y:2002:i:11:p:623-646)
• Toward universal telephone access: Market progress and progress beyond the market
  Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier (0)
  by Kenny, Charles & Keremane, Rym
  (ReDIF-article, eee:telpol:v:31:y::i:3-4:p:155-163)
• Stock markets in Africa: Emerging lions or white elephants?
  World Development, Elsevier (1998)
  by Kenny, Charles J. & Moss, Todd J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:26:y:1998:i:5:p:829-843)
• What Do We Know About Economic Growth? Or, Why Don't We Know Very Much?
  World Development, Elsevier (2001)
  by Kenny, Charles & Williams, David
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:29:y:2001:i:1:p:1-22)
• Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging
  World Development, Elsevier (2005)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:33:y:2005:i:1:p:1-19)
• The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
  World Development, Elsevier (2007)
  by Clemens, Michael A. & Kenny, Charles J. & Moss, Todd J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:35:y:2007:i:5:p:735-751)
• The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge, and Global Health
  World Development, Elsevier (2012)
  by Casabonne, Ursula & Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:40:y:2012:i:1:p:21-35)
• ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts
  Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2011)
  by Charles Kenny & Maria Musatova
  (ReDIF-chapter, elg:eechap:14003_18)
• Learning about Schools in Development
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:3386)
• Bentham from the Crypt Once More: Politicians in Pursuit of Happiness
  Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2011)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, ess:wpaper:id:4332)
• The price of oil: is it low and is that bad?
  International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2002)
  by James Bond, Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, ids:ijgeni:v:17:y:2002:i:4:p:283-291)
• A Note on the Ethical Implications of the Stern Review
  MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2007)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, pra:mprapa:2281)
• Does Development Make You Happy? Subjective Wellbeing And Economic Growth In Developing Countries
  Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2005)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, spr:soinre:v:73:y:2005:i:2:p:199-219)
• What is effective aid? How would donors allocate it?
  The European Journal of Development Research, Taylor and Francis Journals (2008)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, taf:eurjdr:v:20:y:2008:i:2:p:330-346)
• Why aren't countries rich?: Weak states and bad neighbourhoods
  Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (1999)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, taf:jdevst:v:35:y:1999:i:5:p:26-47)
• Measuring Corruption in Infrastructure: Evidence from Transition and Developing Countries
  Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, taf:jdevst:v:45:y:2009:i:3:p:314-332)
• The Internet and Economic Growth in Less-developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations? 1
  Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2003)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, taf:oxdevs:v:31:y:2003:i:1:p:99-113)
• Transport Construction, Corruption and Developing Countries
  Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2008)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, taf:transr:v:29:y:2008:i:1:p:21-41)
• The Next Decade of ICT Development: Access, Applications, and the Forces of Convergence
  Information Technologies and International Development, MIT Press (2008)
  by Mohsen Khalil & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:itintd:v:4:y:2008:i:3:p:1-6)
• The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations?
  WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2002)
  by Charles J. Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, unu:wpaper:dp2002-75)
• Output-Based Aid in Infrastructure : A Tool for Reducing the Impact of Corruption
  World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2007)
  by Yogita Mumssen & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wboper:11029)
• Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector
  World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2009)
  by Jonathan Halpern & Charles Kenny & Eric Dickson & David Erhardt & Chloe Oliver
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wboper:11737)
• Internet Economic Toolkit for African Policy Makers
  World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group (2001)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wboper:9796)
• Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development : A Partial Review of the Evidence
  World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2003)
  by Jeremy Grace & Charles Kenny & Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang & Jia Liu & Taylor Reynolds
  (ReDIF-book, wbk:wbpubs:15053)
• Broadcasting and Development : Options for the World Bank
  World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2003)
  by Carter Eltzroth & Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-book, wbk:wbpubs:15079)
• Reforming the posts : abandoning the monopoly-supported postal universal service obligation in developing countries
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2005)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:3627)
• What is effective aid? How would donors allocate It?
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2006)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4005)
• Measuring and reducing the impact of corruption in infrastructure
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2006)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4099)
• Construction, corruption, and developing countries
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4271)
• Infrastructure governance and corruption : where next ?
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4331)
• Why do people die in earthquakes ? the costs, benefits and institutions of disaster risk reduction in developing countries
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:4823)
• 'Red flags of corruption'in world bank projects : an analysis of infrastructure contracts
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010)
  by Kenny, Charles & Musatova, Maria
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5243)
• Publishing construction contracts and outcome details
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2010)
  by Kenny, Charles
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5247)
• A trio of perspectives on corruption : bias, speed money and"grand theft infrastructure"
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2011)
  by Kenny, Charles & Klein, Michael & Sztajerowska, Monika
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:5889)
• There's more to life than money: Exploring the levels|growth paradox in income and health
  Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2009)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, wly:jintdv:v:21:y:2009:i:1:p:24-41)
• The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success
  Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004)
  by Michael Clemens & Charles Kenny & Todd Moss
  (ReDIF-paper, wpa:wuwpdc:0405011)
• Solow'S Return: Inventions, Ideas And The Quality Of Life
  Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2012)
  by Charles Kenny
  (ReDIF-article, wsi:jicepx:v:03:y:2012:i:02:n:s1793993312500093)