Very nice to see my Cadaster paper with D’Arcy and ⁦Marina Nistotskaya⁩ in the Nov issue of ⁦JPE⁩ . Paper, data and code are all published OA and freely available. journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/current

Giving property rights to people in sub-Saharan Africa can help them pay taxes more easily. Marina Nistotskaya talks about tax compliance during our panel at the Academic Day of the #2ndPrepCom. Join us in NY on 2 December! In the meantime, read this blog: go.unu.edu/geTGk

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China's exports to Kyrgyzstan (black) are running at $2.5 bn every month according to IMF data. Kyrgyzstan's GDP is only $20 bn, so to think this stuff is going anywhere near Kyrgyzstan is fantastical thinking. This stuff goes to Russia. China is by far Putin's biggest enabler...