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“Miracle Examination Centres” as hubs for malpractices in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Nigeria: A systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Agwu, P., Orjiakor, C. T., Odii, A., Onalu, C., Nzeadibe, C., Roy, P., Onwujekwe, O., & Okoye, U. (2021). “Miracle Examination Centres” as hubs for malpractices in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Nigeria: A systematic review. International Journal of Educational Development, 88, Article 102538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102538

Digitizing Taxation and Premature Formalization in Developing Countries (2021)
Journal Article
Roy, P., & Khan, M. (2021). Digitizing Taxation and Premature Formalization in Developing Countries. Development and Change, 52(4), 855-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12662

The digitization of taxation systems can assist inclusion. However, it can also inadvertently lead to adverse outcomes for the poor in developing countries where many firms in the informal sector have low capabilities. Moreover, larger formal sector... Read More about Digitizing Taxation and Premature Formalization in Developing Countries.

Targeting anticorruption interventions at the frontline: developmental governance in health systems (2020)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, E., Naher, N., Roy, P., McKee, M., Mayhew, S. H., Ahmed, S. M., & Balabanova, D. (2020). Targeting anticorruption interventions at the frontline: developmental governance in health systems. BMJ Global Health, 5(12), Article 003092. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003092

In 2008, Vian reported an increasing interest in understanding how corruption affects healthcare outcomes and asked what could be done to combat corruption in the health sector. Eleven years later, corruption is seen as a heterogeneous mix of activit... Read More about Targeting anticorruption interventions at the frontline: developmental governance in health systems.

An Adaptive Governance and Health System Response for the Covid-19 Emergency (2020)
Journal Article
Khan, M., Roy, P., Matin, I., Rabbani, M., & Chowdhury, R. (2020). An Adaptive Governance and Health System Response for the Covid-19 Emergency. World Development, 137, 105213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105213

In the absence of an efficacious and affordable vaccine, the current crisis of COVID-19 is likely to be a long drawn one for many developing countries. In Bangladesh, where the entire population is susceptible and strict lockdown has been relaxed (as... Read More about An Adaptive Governance and Health System Response for the Covid-19 Emergency.

The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: A comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Black, A., Roy, P., El-Haddad, A., & Yilmaz, K. The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: A comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey. Manchester

This paper examines the political economy of development policy through the prism of four country case studies (Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey) of the automotive industry. The objective is not simply to examine the developmental impact of auto... Read More about The political economy of automotive industry development policy in middle income countries: A comparative analysis of Egypt, India, South Africa and Turkey.

Illicit Financial Flows: theory and measurement challenges (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Khan, M., Andreoni, A., & Roy, P. Illicit Financial Flows: theory and measurement challenges. London

This Working Paper, by the Executive and Research Directors of SOAS-ACE, examines the problem of defining and measuring illicit financial flows, and the implications of this for policy-making.