Publications

Bedi, T., and L. Kuld. “Accountability in the Delivery of Guaranteed Employment Through MGNREGA in Rural India,” Review of Development Economics (2026), pp. 1–21.
Hyperination in Zimbabwe: Background, Impact, and Policy, Palgrave Pivot (2019), with T. McIndoe-Calder and R. Mercado.

Developing an Evaluation Framework for Gender-responsive Climate Change Adaptation Programme: from Design to Impact, with X. Zhao
Forty Years of Charitable Giving in Ireland: What have we learnt, with O. B. Breen and J. Carroll.

Shifting spousal decision-making patterns: Who you target in an agriculture intervention matter. The impact of Farmer’s Innovation Fund in Ethiopia (2022), with N. Buehren, M. Goldstein and T. A. Ketema. Policy Research Working Paper 10651. World Bank.
Mental Accounting, Spousal Control and Intra-Household Communication: Evidence from an Experiment in India, with A. Jose and M. King. TEP Working Paper No. 1323. Trinity College Dublin
From Awareness to Action: What it Takes to Reduce School-Related Gender-Based Violence. The impact of a multi-component program in Zambia, with S. Friedson-Ridenour, W. Chang, M. Ebrahim, A. Jose, M. King, M. Obbie, K. Samuyachi, C. Z. Glave Barrantes, and Y. Chavarria Garcia. Policy Research Working Paper 11245. World Bank.

Formal Financial Inclusion in Kenya: Understanding the Demand-Side Constraints. (2015), with M. King. Chapter in Kenya’s Financial Transformation in the 21st Century.} Edited by Amrik Heyer and Michael King. Nairobi, Kenya: FSD Kenya
Leading Edge 2020: Critical Thinking on the Future of International Development. (2011), with M. Bateman, L. Gold and O. Moore. Trócaire.
My Word is my Bond: Delivery of aid commitments by Ireland. (2010), with B Riordan. Trócaire Development Review 2010, 101-22
More than a pretty picture: using poverty maps to design better policies and interventions. (2007), with A. Coudouel and K. Simler. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Beyond the numbers: understanding the institutions for monitoring poverty reduction strategies. (2006), with A. Coudouel, M. Cox, M.git remote set-url origin https://YOUR_TOKEN@github.com/tarabedi/tarabedi.github.io.git Goldstein, and N. Thornton. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Impact Evaluation and the Project Cycle. (2006), with S. Bhatti, X. Gine, E Galasso, M. Goldstein, and A. Legovini.

Natural Disasters, Mental Health and the Ultra-poor: Intra-household Impacts of Cyclone Idai in Malawi, with A. Jose, M. King, S. McArdle
Ultra-Poor Graduation and Environmental Shocks: Evidence from the 2019 Malawian Floods, with M. King and I. Noy
Gender Targeting and Household Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from a Multifaceted Anti-poverty Program in Malawi, with M. King and J. Vaillant
Income Uncertainty and Preferences for Formal Financial Products: Evidence from Rural Kenya, with M. King.
Moving the Female Empowerment Needle: A Mixed-Method Evaluation of A Gender Focused Multifaceted Anti-Poverty Programme in Malawi, with R. Avard, J. Copestake, M. King and F. Remnant.
A mixed method approach to understanding Gender Social Norms, IPV and the Mauritania Social Transfer Program, with C. Boxho, M. King, R. Pierotti and J. Vaillant.
Bargaining, Poverty Stress, or Backlash? Reducing Violence Among the Ultra-Poor, with M. King, A. Ramos, and J. Vaillant.

Achieving social impact through Graduation programmes
Overview of the Results from the QuIP Report on Concern Worldwide Graduation Programme, Malawi, with Concern Worldwide.
The Graduation Model and Gender Empowerment Research Project in Malawi, with Concern Worldwide.
Highlights from the Baseline Survey on the Graduation Households, with Concern Worldwide.
The Umodzi Pilot: Successes and Learnings, with Concern Worldwide.