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Charles Kenny

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First Name:Charles
Middle Name:James
Last Name:Kenny
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Twitter: @charlesjkenny

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Center for Global Development (CGD)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
https://www.cgdev.org/
RePEc:edi:cgdevus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Charles Kenny & Songtao Duan & Zack Gehan, 2025. "Chinese Contractors and Development Project Quality," Working Papers 715, Center for Global Development.
  2. Charles Kenny, 2024. "An End to Extreme Poverty? (Or at Least the Extreme Poverty Line)," Working Papers 694, Center for Global Development.
  3. Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2024. "The Implications of a Declining Labor Force," Working Papers 693, Center for Global Development.
  4. Charles Kenny & Zack Gehan, 2023. "The Future of Official Aid Flows," Working Papers 663, Center for Global Development.
  5. Eeshani Kandpal & Brian Webster & Charles Kenny, 2023. "Missing Figures: Women's Underrepresentation in IFI Leadership," Working Papers 669, Center for Global Development.
  6. Brian Webster & Charles Kenny & Ranil Dissanayake, 2023. "Is Manufacturing Destiny? On the Dynamics of Future Sectoral Shares and Development," Working Papers 662, Center for Global Development.
  7. Charles Kenny, 2023. "The Ultimate Resource is Peaking," Working Papers 630, Center for Global Development.
  8. Charles Kenny & Zack Gehan, 2023. "Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050," Working Papers 634, Center for Global Development.
  9. Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2022. "Should Infrastructure Investors Care About Human Capital?," Working Papers 624, Center for Global Development.
  10. Amanda Glassman & Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2022. "COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Rollout in Historical Perspective," Working Papers 607, Center for Global Development, revised 01 Jun 2022.
  11. Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2022. "Technology and Development: An Exploration of the Data," Working Papers 617, Center for Global Development.
  12. Charles Kenny, 2021. "We Should Be Spending More of Available Aid in Poorer Countries, Not Less," Working Papers 564, Center for Global Development.
  13. Mohamed Rali Badissy & Charles Kenny & Todd Moss, 2021. "The Case for Transparency in Power Project Contracts: A Proposal for the Creation of Global Disclosure Standards and PPA Watch," Policy Papers 227, Center for Global Development.
  14. Ugonma Nwankwo & Megan O’Donnell & Charles Kenny, 2021. "Unpacking Gender Gaps and Data Gaps in Public Sector Employment and Pay," Policy Papers 209, Center for Global Development.
  15. Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2021. "Can Africa Help Europe Avoid Its Looming Aging Crisis?," Working Papers 584, Center for Global Development.
  16. Charles Kenny & George Yang, 2020. "Measuring the Development Impact of the IFC and Development Finance," Working Papers 562, Center for Global Development.
  17. Ranil Dissanyake & Charles Kenny & Mark Plant, 2020. "What is the Role of Aid in Middle-Income Countries?," Policy Papers 201, Center for Global Development.
  18. Lee Robinson & Euan Ritchie & Charles Kenny, 2020. "Aid-Financed Mechanisms for Technology Development," Policy Papers 176, Center for Global Development.
  19. Charles Kenny, 2020. "Official Development Assistance, Global Public Goods, and Implications for Climate Finance," Policy Papers 188b, Center for Global Development.
  20. Charles Kenny, 2019. "Marginal, Not Transformational: Development Finance Institutions and the Sustainable Development Goals," Policy Papers 156, Center for Global Development.
  21. Charles Kenny, 2019. "Can the US Development Finance Corporation Compete?," Policy Papers 158, Center for Global Development.
  22. Artur Kovalchuk & Charles Kenny & Mallika Snyder, 2019. "Examining the Impact of E-Procurement in Ukraine," Working Papers 511, Center for Global Development.
  23. Lee Robinson & Euan Ritchie & Charles Kenny, 2019. "UK Research Aid: Tied, Opaque and Off-Topic?," Policy Papers 152, Center for Global Development.
  24. Charles Kenny, 2019. "Five Principles for Use of Aid in Subsidies to the Private Sector," Policy Papers 157, Center for Global Development.
  25. Charles Kenny & Jared Kalow & Vijaya Ramachandran, 2018. "Inside the Portfolio of the International Finance Corporation: Does IFC Do Enough in Low-Income Countries?," Policy Papers 115, Center for Global Development.
  26. Charles Kenny, 2018. "Speeding Sustainable Development: Integrating Economic, Social, and Environmental Development," Working Papers 484, Center for Global Development.
  27. Charles Kenny & Mallika Snyder & Dev Patel, 2018. "Measures of Global Public Goods and International Spillovers," Working Papers 474, Center for Global Development.
  28. Charles Kenny & Jared Kalow & Ben Leo & Vijaya Ramachandran, 2018. "Comparing Five Bilateral Development Finance Institutions and the IFC," Policy Papers 116, Center for Global Development.
  29. Charles Kenny & Mallika Snyder, 2017. "Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Zero Targets: What Could We Do?," Working Papers 472, Center for Global Development.
  30. Charles Kenny & Dev Patel, 2017. "Estimating the SDGs' Demand for Innovation," Working Papers 469, Center for Global Development.
  31. Charles Kenny, Dev Patel, 2017. "Gender Laws, Values, and Outcomes: Evidence from the World Values Survey - Working Paper 452," Working Papers 452, Center for Global Development.
  32. Kimberly Ann Elliott & Charles Kenny & Janeen Madan, 2017. "A Global Treaty to Reduce Antimicrobial Use in Livestock," Policy Papers 102, Center for Global Development.
  33. Charles Kenny & Dev Patel, 2017. "Norms and Reform: Legalizing Homosexuality Improves Attitudes," Working Papers 465, Center for Global Development.
  34. Charles Kenny and Ben Crisman, 2016. "Results Through Transparency: Does Publicity Lead to Better Procurement? - Working Paper 437," Working Papers 437, Center for Global Development.
  35. Ben Crisman, Sarah Dykstra, Charles Kenny and Megan O'Donnell, 2016. "The Impact of Legislation on the Hazard of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Burkina Faso - Working Paper 432," Working Papers 432, Center for Global Development.
  36. Charles Kenny & Megan O’Donnell, 2016. "Do the Results Match the Rhetoric? An Examination of World Bank Gender Projects," Policy Papers 77, Center for Global Development.
  37. Sarah Dykstra, Amanda Glassman, Charles Kenny, and Justin Sandefur, 2015. "The Impact of Gavi on Vaccination Rates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence - Working Paper 394," Working Papers 394, Center for Global Development.
  38. Charles Kenny & Owen Barder, 2015. "Technology, Development, and the Post-2015 Settlement," Policy Papers 63, Center for Global Development.
  39. Charles Kenny, 2015. "Finding Cash for Infrastructure in Addis: Blending, Lending and Guarantees in Finance for Development," Policy Papers 66, Center for Global Development.
  40. Charles Kenny, 2013. "Moving Beyond Mines and Mobiles: How Can IFC Add Value in Fragile States?," Policy Papers 30, Center for Global Development.
  41. Charles Kenny & Sarah Dykstra, 2013. "The Global Partnership for Development: A Review of MDG 8 and Proposals for the Post-2015 Development Agenda," Policy Papers 26, Center for Global Development.
  42. Charles Kenny, William Savedoff, 2013. "Can Results-Based Payments Reduce Corruption?-Working Paper 345," Working Papers 345, Center for Global Development.
  43. Lant Pritchett, Charles Kenny, 2013. "Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down-Working Paper 338," Working Papers 338, Center for Global Development.
  44. Lant Pritchett & Charles Kenny, 2013. "Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down," CID Working Papers 265, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  45. Charles Kenny, Jonathan Karver, and Andy Sumner, 2012. "MDGs 2.0: What Goals, Targets, and Timeframe? - Working Paper 297," Working Papers 297, Center for Global Development.
  46. Charles Kenny & Jonathan Karver, 2012. "Publish What You Buy: The Case for Routine Publication of Government Contracts," Policy Papers 11, Center for Global Development.
  47. Kenny, Charles & Klein, Michael & Sztajerowska, Monika, 2011. "A trio of perspectives on corruption : bias, speed money and"grand theft infrastructure"," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5889, The World Bank.
  48. Charles Kenny, Andy Sumner, 2011. "More Money or More Development: What Have the MDGs Achieved- Working Paper 278," Working Papers 278, Center for Global Development.
  49. Ursula Casabonne and Charles Kenny, 2011. "The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge and Global Health - Working Paper 252," Working Papers 252, Center for Global Development.
  50. Charles Kenny, 2011. "Bentham from the Crypt Once More: Politicians in Pursuit of Happiness," Working Papers id:4332, eSocialSciences.
  51. Charles Kenny, 2011. "Publishing Construction Contracts as a Tool for Efficiency and Good Governance - Working Paper 272," Working Papers 272, Center for Global Development.
  52. Kenny, Charles, 2010. "Publishing construction contracts and outcome details," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5247, The World Bank.
  53. Charles Kenny, 2010. "Learning about Schools in Development - Working Paper 236," Working Papers 236, Center for Global Development.
  54. Charles Kenny, 2010. "Learning about Schools in Development," Working Papers id:3386, eSocialSciences.
  55. Kenny, Charles & Musatova, Maria, 2010. "'Red flags of corruption'in world bank projects : an analysis of infrastructure contracts," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5243, The World Bank.
  56. Jonathan Halpern & Charles Kenny & Eric Dickson & David Erhardt & Chloe Oliver, 2009. "Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector," World Bank Publications - Reports 11737, The World Bank Group.
  57. Kenny, Charles, 2009. "Why do people die in earthquakes ? the costs, benefits and institutions of disaster risk reduction in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4823, The World Bank.
  58. Kenny, Charles & Soreide, Tina, 2008. "Grand Corruption in Utilities," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4805, The World Bank.
  59. Yogita Mumssen & Charles Kenny, 2007. "Output-Based Aid in Infrastructure : A Tool for Reducing the Impact of Corruption," World Bank Publications - Reports 11029, The World Bank Group.
  60. Kenny, Charles, 2007. "Infrastructure governance and corruption : where next ?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4331, The World Bank.
  61. Kenny, Charles, 2007. "Construction, corruption, and developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4271, The World Bank.
  62. Kenny, Charles, 2007. "A Note on the Ethical Implications of the Stern Review," MPRA Paper 2281, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  63. Kenny, Charles, 2006. "What is effective aid? How would donors allocate It?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4005, The World Bank.
  64. Kenny, Charles, 2006. "Measuring and reducing the impact of corruption in infrastructure," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4099, The World Bank.
  65. Kenny, Charles, 2005. "Reforming the posts : abandoning the monopoly-supported postal universal service obligation in developing countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3627, The World Bank.
  66. Michael A. Clemens & Charles J. Kenny & Todd J. Moss, 2004. "The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success," Working Papers 40, Center for Global Development.
  67. Charles J. Kenny, 2002. "The Internet and Economic Growth in Least Developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations?," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2002-75, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  68. Charles Kenny, 2001. "Internet Economic Toolkit for African Policy Makers," World Bank Publications - Reports 9796, The World Bank Group.

Articles

  1. Kenny, Robert & Kenny, Charles & Gehan, Zack, 2023. "What drives broadband traffic?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(9).
  2. Dykstra, Sarah & Glassman, Amanda & Kenny, Charles & Sandefur, Justin, 2019. "Regression discontinuity analysis of Gavi's impact on vaccination rates," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 12-25.
  3. Casabonne, Ursula & Kenny, Charles, 2012. "The Best Things in Life are (Nearly) Free: Technology, Knowledge, and Global Health," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 40(1), pages 21-35.
  4. Charles Kenny, 2012. "Solow'S Return: Inventions, Ideas And The Quality Of Life," Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(02), pages 1-15.
  5. Charles Kenny, 2010. "Is Anywhere Stuck in a Malthusian Trap?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(2), pages 192-205, May.
  6. Kenny, Charles, 2009. "Is there an anticorruption agenda in utilities?," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 156-165, June.
  7. Charles Kenny, 2009. "Measuring Corruption in Infrastructure: Evidence from Transition and Developing Countries," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(3), pages 314-332.
  8. Charles Kenny, 2009. "There's more to life than money: Exploring the levels|growth paradox in income and health," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 21(1), pages 24-41.
  9. Charles Kenny, 2008. "What is effective aid? How would donors allocate it?," The European Journal of Development Research, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 330-346.
  10. Mohsen Khalil & Charles Kenny, 2008. "The Next Decade of ICT Development: Access, Applications, and the Forces of Convergence," Information Technologies and International Development, MIT Press, vol. 4(3), pages 1-6, April/Jul.
  11. Charles KENNY, 2008. "What's Not Converging? East Asia's Relative Performance in Income, Health, and Education," Asian Economic Policy Review, Japan Center for Economic Research, vol. 3(1), pages 19-37, June.
  12. Charles Kenny, 2008. "Transport Construction, Corruption and Developing Countries," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 21-41, March.
  13. Clemens, Michael A. & Kenny, Charles J. & Moss, Todd J., 2007. "The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 35(5), pages 735-751, May.
  14. Kenny, Charles, 2007. "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, vol. 81(2), pages 343-346, July.
  15. Charles Kenny, 2006. "Were People in the Past Poor and Miserable?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(2), pages 275-306, May.
  16. Charles Kenny, 2005. "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, vol. 73(2), pages 199-219, September.
  17. Kenny, Charles, 2005. "Why Are We Worried About Income? Nearly Everything that Matters is Converging," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 1-19, January.
  18. Reynolds, Taylor & Kenny, Charles & Liu, Jia & Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei, 2004. "Networking for foreign direct investment: the telecommunications industry and its effect on investment," Information Economics and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 159-164, June.
  19. Charles Kenny, 2003. "The Internet and Economic Growth in Less-developed Countries: A Case of Managing Expectations? 1," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 99-113.
  20. James Bond, Charles Kenny, 2002. "The price of oil: is it low and is that bad?," International Journal of Global Energy Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 17(4), pages 283-291.
  21. Charles Kenny, 2002. "Information and Communication Technologies for Direct Poverty Alleviation: Costs and Benefits," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 20(2), pages 141-157, May.
  22. Forestier, Emmanuel & Grace, Jeremy & Kenny, Charles, 2002. "Can information and communication technologies be pro-poor?," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 26(11), pages 623-646, December.
  23. Kenny, Charles & Williams, David, 2001. "What Do We Know About Economic Growth? Or, Why Don't We Know Very Much?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 1-22, January.
  24. Charles Kenny, 1999. "Why aren't countries rich?: Weak states and bad neighbourhoods," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(5), pages 26-47.
  25. Charles Kenny, 1999. "Does Growth Cause Happiness, or Does Happiness Cause Growth?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 3-25, February.
  26. Kenny, Charles J. & Moss, Todd J., 1998. "Stock markets in Africa: Emerging lions or white elephants?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 829-843, May.
  27. Kenny, Charles & Keremane, Rym, 0. "Toward universal telephone access: Market progress and progress beyond the market," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 31(3-4), pages 155-163, April.

Chapters

  1. Nancy Birdsall & Charles Kenny & Anna Diofasi, 2018. "What Drives Citizen Perceptions of Government Corruption? National Income, Petty Bribe Payments and the Unknown," International Economic Association Series, in: Kaushik Basu & Tito Cordella (ed.), Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption, chapter 10, pages 285-334, Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Charles Kenny & Maria Musatova, 2011. "‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts," Chapters, in: Susan Rose-Ackerman & Tina Søreide (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume Two, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Charles Kenny, 2006. "Questioning the Monopoly-Supported Postal USO in Developing Countries," Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy, in: Michael A. Crew & Paul R. Kleindorfer (ed.), Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, chapter 0, pages 75-87, Springer.

Books

  1. Jeremy Grace & Charles Kenny & Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang & Jia Liu & Taylor Reynolds, 2003. "Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development : A Partial Review of the Evidence," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 15053, August.
  2. Carter Eltzroth & Charles Kenny, 2003. "Broadcasting and Development : Options for the World Bank," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 15079, August.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (11) 2004-05-16 2006-08-26 2007-01-13 2007-07-07 2009-02-14 2009-02-14 2011-01-03 2013-10-18 2016-02-29 2016-09-25 2018-06-25. Author is listed
  2. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (5) 2007-03-24 2017-11-05 2018-03-12 2018-06-25 2023-10-09. Author is listed
  3. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (3) 2007-03-24 2009-02-14 2023-10-09
  4. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (3) 2011-01-03 2011-03-05 2017-05-07
  5. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (3) 2007-09-09 2010-04-17 2025-03-31
  6. NEP-REG: Regulation (3) 2007-01-13 2007-07-07 2007-09-09
  7. NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2004-05-16 2006-09-16
  8. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (2) 2005-12-14 2019-07-15
  9. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2011-01-03 2011-03-05
  10. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (2) 2024-01-08 2025-03-31
  11. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (2) 2023-10-09 2023-10-23
  12. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2016-02-29 2023-09-25
  13. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2017-10-15 2023-10-09
  14. NEP-INO: Innovation (2) 2017-11-05 2023-10-23
  15. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (2) 2016-09-25 2017-10-15
  16. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (2) 2011-03-05 2014-01-17
  17. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2006-09-16 2017-10-15
  18. NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2019-07-15
  19. NEP-CNA: China (1) 2025-03-31
  20. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2018-03-12
  21. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2017-05-07
  22. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (1) 2006-09-16
  23. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2023-10-16
  24. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2023-10-09
  25. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2019-07-15
  26. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2007-09-09
  27. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (1) 2023-10-23
  28. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (1) 2019-07-15
  29. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (1) 2007-03-24
  30. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2011-01-03

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