Policy Briefs and Reports

PDRI policy briefs summarize research projects carried out by our faculty affiliates, focusing on their policy lessons for policymakers and other practitioners.

Political accountabilityRefugeesSecuritySub-saharan Africa Strengthening State Legitimacy through Refugee Aid Integration: Evidence from Uganda February 18, 2026
Political accountabilitySub-saharan Africa PDRI-DevLab Research-to-Policy Student Initiative: Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats February 17, 2026
EducationSouth Asia PDRI-DevLab Research-to-Policy Student Initiative: Welfare Effects of Tuition Price Regulation February 6, 2026
EducationTechnologySouth Asia PDRI-DevLab Research-to-Policy Student Initiative: Supporting Early Learning with Audio-Video Parenting Support in Urban India February 1, 2026
Political accountabilityRefugeesAll regions PDRI/World Bank Report Brief 1: Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Populations June 7, 2025
TechnologyAll regions PDRI/MLP/USAID-DRG Policy Brief 3: Forecasting High-Level Travel Advisories with Machine Learning for Peace Data November 25, 2024
SecurityTechnologyAll regions PDRI/MLP/USAID-DRG Policy Brief 2: Press Freedom and Reporting on Corruption November 13, 2024
Political accountabilityTechnologyAll regions PDRI/MLP/USAID-DRG Policy Brief 1: Elections as Windows of Opportunity? Civic Space in Democratic and Backsliding Regimes August 30, 2024
Political accountabilityTechnologyAll regions PDRI/USAID-DRG/ISSER Policy Brief 2: High Frequency Tracking of Civic Space Utilizing Domestic News Scraping and Large Language Model Classification August 30, 2024
EnvironmentSub-saharan Africa PDRI/ISSER Policy Brief 3: Lessons learned on survey design and implementation during a pandemic: The case of GridWatch March 31, 2022
EnvironmentSub-saharan Africa PDRI/ISSER Policy Brief 1: Diagnosing commitments, contradictions, and realities of Ghana’s sustainable energy journey March 31, 2022
Environment PDRI/ISSER Policy Brief 2: Climate change and hydroelectricity shortfalls in Ghana March 31, 2022
HealthEast Asia & Pacific PDRI Policy Brief 4: The Asian Games, air pollution and birth outcomes in South China March 9, 2022
Education PDRI Policy Brief 3: Learning in the Time of a Pandemic: Effects of Covid-19 in Ghana December 6, 2021
Behavioral scienceGenderHealthSub-saharan Africa PDRI Policy Brief 2: The effect of providing women sustained access to HIV self-tests November 30, 2021
HealthAll regions PDRI Policy Brief 1: Estimating the costs of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures October 22, 2021
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