Dhungana, Sandesh2012-03-192012-03-192011-12-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3688Using a data-driven empirical case study method, the paper evaluates the impact of one identified reform program on development outcomes. The paper uses the World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Ratings to identify large scale structural and macro-level policy interventions in the last decade that were seen as being sustained and successful for IDA countries. Robustness checks are performed to show the efficacy of the method in particular cases. It was found that the method attains robustness in the case of Nigeria.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYAGRICULTUREANTICORRUPTIONAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE INCOME GROWTHAVERAGE INCOMESAVERAGE RATINGSBANKING SECTORBRIBERYBUSINESS CYCLEBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAUSAL EFFECTSCITIZENCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL WARCOMPARISON GROUPCORRUPTIONCORRUPTION CONTROLCORRUPTION LEVELSCOUNTERFACTUALCOUNTERFACTUALSCOUNTRY CHARACTERISTICSCOUNTRY REGRESSIONSCROSS COUNTRYDEBTDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT OUTCOMESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDOMESTIC CREDITDYNAMIC PANELECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC SURVEYSEMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATUREEMPIRICAL LITERATUREEMPIRICAL WORKERROR TERMSEVALUATION DESIGNEXCHANGE RATEEXPORTSFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMSFIXED EFFECTSFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN INVESTORSFUNCTIONAL FORMFUNCTIONAL FORMSGDPGDP PER CAPITAGINI COEFFICIENTGNPGNP PER CAPITAGOVERNANCE DIMENSIONSGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNANCE QUALITYGOVERNANCE REFORMSGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGROWTH MODELSGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH RATEGROWTH REGRESSIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHUMAN CAPITALIMPACT OF INTERVENTIONSINCOMEINCOME DATAINCOME GROWTHINCOME LEVELSINDEPENDENT VARIABLESINEQUALITYINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINSTITUTIONAL QUALITYINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLESINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT RATELABOR FORCELEARNINGLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL MUNICIPALITYLONG RUNLONG-RUN GROWTHM2MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMICSMEAN INCOMEMERGERSMONETARY POLICYMONEY SUPPLYNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL RESOURCESOUTPUT PER CAPITAPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY INTERVENTIONPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOLICY OUTCOMESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPRODUCTIVITY INCREASESPROGRAMSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC FINANCESPUBLIC GOVERNANCEPUBLIC OFFICIALSPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTQUALITATIVE RESEARCHREAL INCOMEREFORM PROGRAMREGRESSION ANALYSISRELATIVE IMPORTANCESECONDARY SCHOOLINGSOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL POLICIESSTATISTICAL ANALYSISSTRUCTURAL POLICIESSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTAXATIONTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE BARRIERSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICYTRADE SHOCKSTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPARENCYWAGESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5918