Antonio Savoia
Biographic Data
| ID | 119055 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonio Savoia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonio |
| FAMILY NAME | Savoia |
| SIGNATURE | SAVOIA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0639-9705 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? Evidence from Bangladesh
Regional income inequality in Egypt: Evolution and implications for Sustainable Development Goal 10
Research on income inequality in developing economies has scarcely looked at the regional dimension. This is important, as progress in reducing income inequality at national level can only be partially successful if a country consists of very unequal regions alongside relatively equal ones. Using newly assembled Luxembourg Income Study data, we study the evolution of income inequality within Egyptian regions during 1999–2015. The analysis offers …
Is there a fiscal resource curse? Resource rents, fiscal capacity and political institutions in developing economies
While it is recognised that the ability of states to raise revenues (i.e., fiscal capacity) is important for the provision of key public goods in less developed economies, it is less clear what its determinants are and what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources. Standard arguments suggest that natural resource rents may harm fiscal capacity, as governments tend to substitute tax revenues with revenues fro…
Decentralisation or patronage: What determines government's allocation of development spending in a unitary country? Evidence from Bangladesh
Understanding a “Development Miracle”: Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Malaysia Since the 1970s
This paper provides a systematic assessment of the alleged exceptionality of Malaysia’s development progress and its likely explanations, in comparative perspective. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indices of education, health, poverty and gender equality outcomes, we produce evidence based on conditional correlations, offering three findings. First, the results support the hypothesis that Malaysia’s human development progress has b…
Covid-19 and the case for global development
Will South Asia Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs Experience
This paper contributes to the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals progress by evaluating the MDGs achievements in South Asia and the policy and institutional challenges deriving from such experience. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indicators of poverty, health, education and gender parity outcomes, we offer three sets of findings. First, comparative evidence shows that, while South Asia has converged with richer regions, th…
Poverty reduction during 1990–2013: Did millennium development goals adoption and state capacity matter
While poverty reduction remains central in the Post-2015 Agenda, its determinants remain debated in the literature, especially the role of structural conditions related to governance. This paper provides an assessment of two key dimensions: the global adoption of MDGs and state capacity. We do so by studying whether they facilitated convergence in income poverty measures, using cross-section and panel methods, with data on 89 developing economies…
Do We See Convergence in Institutions? A Cross-Country Analysis
Differences in the quality of institutions may explain differences in per capita income. Yet, we know relatively little on how institutions evolve. This paper contributes to such knowledge by testing for convergence in legal, bureaucratic and administrative institutional quality. Using cross-section and panel methods on a large sample of countries from the 1970s to 2010, we find that countries with initially poor institutions tended to slowly cat…
Institutions: Evolution, Path Dependency, Anachronisms and Impact
This Special Section builds on cutting edge developments in the literature on institutional change and its link to economic development. It throws fresh light on this link from both a microeconomic (firm and household level) and a macroeconomic (country and cross country level) perspective. The main message is that understanding the dynamics of institutional change is key to understanding the process of economic development, while understanding e…
Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise
Inequality in developing economies: The role of institutional development
Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research
Covid-19 and the case for global development
Poverty reduction during 1990–2013: Did millennium development goals adoption and state capacity matter
While poverty reduction remains central in the Post-2015 Agenda, its determinants remain debated in the literature, especially the role of structural conditions related to governance. This paper provides an assessment of two key dimensions: the global adoption of MDGs and state capacity. We do so by studying whether they facilitated convergence in income poverty measures, using cross-section and panel methods, with data on 89 developing economies…
Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise
Will South Asia Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs Experience
This paper contributes to the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals progress by evaluating the MDGs achievements in South Asia and the policy and institutional challenges deriving from such experience. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indicators of poverty, health, education and gender parity outcomes, we offer three sets of findings. First, comparative evidence shows that, while South Asia has converged with richer regions, th…
Inequality in developing economies: The role of institutional development
Is there a fiscal resource curse? Resource rents, fiscal capacity and political institutions in developing economies
While it is recognised that the ability of states to raise revenues (i.e., fiscal capacity) is important for the provision of key public goods in less developed economies, it is less clear what its determinants are and what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources. Standard arguments suggest that natural resource rents may harm fiscal capacity, as governments tend to substitute tax revenues with revenues fro…
Inequality, Democracy, and Institutions: A Critical Review of Recent Research
Inequality in developing economies: The role of institutional development
Paths to Development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise
Do We See Convergence in Institutions? A Cross-Country Analysis
Differences in the quality of institutions may explain differences in per capita income. Yet, we know relatively little on how institutions evolve. This paper contributes to such knowledge by testing for convergence in legal, bureaucratic and administrative institutional quality. Using cross-section and panel methods on a large sample of countries from the 1970s to 2010, we find that countries with initially poor institutions tended to slowly cat…
Institutions: Evolution, Path Dependency, Anachronisms and Impact
This Special Section builds on cutting edge developments in the literature on institutional change and its link to economic development. It throws fresh light on this link from both a microeconomic (firm and household level) and a macroeconomic (country and cross country level) perspective. The main message is that understanding the dynamics of institutional change is key to understanding the process of economic development, while understanding e…
Poverty reduction during 1990–2013: Did millennium development goals adoption and state capacity matter
While poverty reduction remains central in the Post-2015 Agenda, its determinants remain debated in the literature, especially the role of structural conditions related to governance. This paper provides an assessment of two key dimensions: the global adoption of MDGs and state capacity. We do so by studying whether they facilitated convergence in income poverty measures, using cross-section and panel methods, with data on 89 developing economies…
Covid-19 and the case for global development
Will South Asia Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs Experience
This paper contributes to the debate on the Sustainable Development Goals progress by evaluating the MDGs achievements in South Asia and the policy and institutional challenges deriving from such experience. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indicators of poverty, health, education and gender parity outcomes, we offer three sets of findings. First, comparative evidence shows that, while South Asia has converged with richer regions, th…
Understanding a “Development Miracle”: Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Malaysia Since the 1970s
This paper provides a systematic assessment of the alleged exceptionality of Malaysia’s development progress and its likely explanations, in comparative perspective. Using cross-country regressions and aggregate indices of education, health, poverty and gender equality outcomes, we produce evidence based on conditional correlations, offering three findings. First, the results support the hypothesis that Malaysia’s human development progress has b…
Decentralisation or patronage: What determines government's allocation of development spending in a unitary country? Evidence from Bangladesh
Regional income inequality in Egypt: Evolution and implications for Sustainable Development Goal 10
Research on income inequality in developing economies has scarcely looked at the regional dimension. This is important, as progress in reducing income inequality at national level can only be partially successful if a country consists of very unequal regions alongside relatively equal ones. Using newly assembled Luxembourg Income Study data, we study the evolution of income inequality within Egyptian regions during 1999–2015. The analysis offers …
Is there a fiscal resource curse? Resource rents, fiscal capacity and political institutions in developing economies
While it is recognised that the ability of states to raise revenues (i.e., fiscal capacity) is important for the provision of key public goods in less developed economies, it is less clear what its determinants are and what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources. Standard arguments suggest that natural resource rents may harm fiscal capacity, as governments tend to substitute tax revenues with revenues fro…
Does local government fragmentation reduce poverty? Evidence from Bangladesh
Economics (13 works) · Development economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (6 works) · Economic system (4 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Public economics (4 works)