Staff Biography

Selected Publications:

CEP Publications:

• The Surprisingly Dire Situation of Children's Education in Rural West Africa: Results from the CREO Study in Guinea-Bissau
  Peter Boone, Ila Fazzio, Kameshwari Jandhyala, Chitra Jayanty, Gangadhar Jayanty, Simon Johnson, Vimala Ramachandrin, Filipa Silva, Zhaoguo Zhan, April 2013
  Paper No' CEPDP1201: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The doomsday cycle turns: who's next?
  Peter Boone, Simon Johnson, September 2012
  Paper No' CEPCP375: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Peter Boone and Simon Johnson are co-founders of The Baseline Scenario, a leading economics blog
  
  
• In brief: The future of finance
  Peter Boone, C Goodhart, Andrew Haldane, Simon Johnson, John Kay, Andrew Large, Richard Layard, Andrew Smithers, A Turner, S Wadhwani, Martin Wolf, Paul Woolley, November 2010
  Paper No' CEPCP327: Read Abstract | Full paper
  The Future of Finance: The LSE Report was published in September 2010 (ISBN: 978 0 85328 458 1).To order a copy: call 0845 458 9910; See http://www.futureoffinance.org.uk
  
  
• Making the UK's aid budget work better
  Peter Boone, July 2010
  Paper No' CEPCP309: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• The Doomsday Cycle
  Peter Boone, Simon Johnson, February 2010
  Paper No' CEPCP300: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Lowering Child Mortality in Poor Countries: The Power of Knowledgeable Parents
  Peter Boone, Zhaoguo Zhan, October 2006
  Paper No' CEPDP0751: Read Abstract | Full paper
  
  
• Cutting Child Mortality: the Power of Parents
  Peter Boone, October  2006
  Paper No' CEPCP209: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Peter Boone's new paper with Zhaoguo Zhan, which this article summarises, is called 'Lowering Child Mortality in Poor Countries:The Power of Knowledgeable Parents', CEP Discussion Paper No. 751
  
  
• Effective Intervention: Making Aid Work
  Peter Boone, December 2005
  Paper No' CEPCP187: Read Abstract | Full paper
  See also Peter Boone (1995), 'Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid', CEP Discussion Paper No. 272 and European Economic Review, 40(2), 289-329, 1996
  
  
• Foreign Aid: Money Down the Drain
  Peter Boone, February 1997
  Paper No' CEPCP019:
  
  
• Political and Gender Oppression as a Cause of Poverty
  Peter Boone, November 1996
  Paper No' CEPDP0294: Read Abstract
  
  
• Reform Off the Rails
  Peter Boone, October  1996
  Paper No' CEPCP016:
  
  
• Politics and the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid
  Peter Boone, December 1995
  Paper No' CEPDP0272: Read Abstract | Full paper
  Paper copy now out of print.