Why do some participatory institutions develop strong institutional designs, when most have limited powers? Existing literature emphasizes the importance of institutional design in shaping the impact ...

Executive SummaryShared technology platforms are often governed by standard-setting organizations (SSOs), where interested parties use a consensus process to address problems of technical coordination ...

Thought experiment: You get a clean-sheet opportunity to design a university. How might that university be designed to align with what we've learned about learning? What would a learning ...

In Episode 38 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Mihreteab Taye provides insight into the nuanced dynamics of state behavior in Africa's courts. He finds that the African human rights system does not ...

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Today, providing the poor with the resources they need is, in large, a political design problem. It requires understanding the characteristics of institutional poverty within countries, communities ...