| The political economy of unfinished development projects: Corruption, clientelism, or collective choice? MJ Williams American Political Science Review 111 (4), 705-723, 2017 | 198 | 2017 |
| The social and economic impacts of South Africa’s child support grant (Extended Version) MJ Williams Economic Policy Research Institute Working Paper 39, 2007 | 121 | 2007 |
| Beyond state capacity: bureaucratic performance, policy implementation and reform MJ Williams Journal of Institutional Economics 17 (2), 339-357, 2021 | 115 | 2021 |
| An agenda for the study of public administration in developing countries AM Bertelli, M Hassan, D Honig, D Rogger, MJ Williams Governance 33 (4), 735-748, 2020 | 95 | 2020 |
| Management, organizational performance, and task clarity: Evidence from ghana’s civil service I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 31 (2), 259-277, 2021 | 76 | 2021 |
| External validity and policy adaptation: From impact evaluation to policy design MJ Williams The World Bank Research Observer 35 (2), 158-191, 2020 | 61 | 2020 |
| Four lenses on people management in the public sector: An evidence review and synthesis AJ Ali, J Fuenzalida, M Gómez, MJ Williams Oxford Review of Economic Policy 37 (2), 335-366, 2021 | 45 | 2021 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: Evidence from the ghanaian civil service I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| Quantitative analysis of the impact of the child support grant M Samson, C Heinrich, M Williams, S Kaniki, T Muzondo, K Mac Quene, ... Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, 2008 | 36 | 2008 |
| Systems approaches to public service delivery: lessons from health, education, and infrastructure Z Mansoor, MJ Williams Systems of public service delivery in developing countries 6, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Can training improve organizational culture? Experimental evidence from Ghana’s civil service M Azulai, I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams University College London Technical report 7, 2020 | 30 | 2020 |
| Innovation, voice, and hierarchy in the public sector: Evidence from Ghana's civil service MJ Williams, L Yecalo‐Tecle Governance 33 (4), 789-807, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| From institutions to organizations: Management and informality in Ghana’s public bureaucracies M Williams Oxford University Blavatnik School of Government Working Paper. Retrieved …, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| The (Missing?) role of institutions in behavioral public administration: A roundtable discourse A Bertelli, N Riccucci, P Canterelli, M Cucciniello, C Grose, P John, ... Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 5 (1), 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
| Beyond ‘context matters’: Context and external validity in impact evaluation MJ Williams World Development 127, 104833, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Delivery approaches to improving policy implementation: A conceptual framework MJ Williams, C Leaver, Z Mansoor, D Qarout, A Bilous, K Mundy, M Asim, ... Education Commission, University of Oxford, UKAid, 2020 | 14 | 2020 |
| Bricks-and-mortar institutions matter: project delivery and unfinished infrastructure in Ghana’s local governments MJ Williams International Growth Center Policy Brief, November, file:///C:/Users …, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: a scientific replication I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Under review: Economic Journal 2 (5), 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Management and bureaucratic effectiveness: A scientific replication in Ghana and Nigeria I Rasul, D Rogger, MJ Williams Policy Brief 33301, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
| Review of targeting mechanisms, means tests and values for South Africa’s social grants M Samson, K MacQuene, I van Niekerk, S Kaniki, K Kallmann, M Williams Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, 2007 | 8 | 2007 |
