Journal Article Dams Get access Esther Duflo, Esther Duflo Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Bureau of Economic Research, and Center for Economic Policy Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rohini Pande Rohini Pande Harvard University and Center for Economic Policy Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 122, Issue 2, May 2007, Pages 601–646, https://doi.org/10.1162/qjec.122.2.601 Published: 01 May 2007