Sally Murray

Selected work

• World Bank Group. 2025. Unlocking Subnational Finance: Overcoming Barriers to Finance for Municipalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/43104 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO

• Deuskar, C., Murray, S., Leiva Molano, JS., Khan, IA., and Maria, A. 2025. ‘Banking on Cities: Investing in Low-Carbon and Resilient Urbanization.’ Washington, DC: World Bank.

• Kleinberg, T., Murray, S., Tang, Y., and Kaw, J. 2024. ‘The Welfare and Productivity Effects of Transit Improvement in Amman; Evidence from a Spatial Computerized General Equilibrium Model.’ Policy Research Working Paper; 10802. The World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41705 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO

• Lall, S., Kaw, J., Murray, S., and Shilpi, F. 2023. ‘Vibrant Cities on the Bedrock of Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability.’ Washington, DC: World Bank.

• Vasquez, R., and Murray, S. 2023 (Unpublished manuscript). ‘The Welfare and Productivity Effects of Urban Planning in Cairo; Evidence from a New Urban Model.’

• World Bank, 2022. ‘Ghana Climate Change and Development Report.’ The World Bank.

• World Bank, 2022. ‘Macroeconomics and Climate Change in Ghana.’ Background note for the Ghana CCDR. The World Bank.

• Watanabe, M; D'Aoust, O. 2021. ‘Somalia Urbanization Review: Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development.’ Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404161611315968667

• World Bank. 2020. Convergence: Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33187 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

• World Bank, 2019. ‘Regional Development and Urban Transformation.’ In Bhutan Urban Policy Notes. World Bank.

• World Bank, 2019. ‘Territorial Development in Support of Croatia’s NDS 2030.’ World Bank.

• World Bank, Unpublished background paper. ‘Effective Local Governance and Planning for Bulgaria.’

• World Bank, 2019. ‘Territorial Cooperation and Development Agreements.’ Territorial Development for Croatia’s NDS 2030.

• Bachofer, F., Braun, A., Adamietz, F., Murray, S., d’Angelo, P., Kyazze, E., Mumuhire, A.P., Bower, J., 2019. ‘Building Stock and Building Typology of Kigali, Rwanda.’ Data 4, 105.

• Bachofer, F., and Murray, S., 2018. ‘Remote Sensing for Measuring Housing Supply in Kigali.’ The IGC.

• World Bank, 2018. ‘Faster Urbanization, Greater Agglomeration,’ Rwanda’s Future Drivers of Growth. The World Bank

• Murray, S., 2018. ‘New Technologies Create Opportunities?’ Industries Without Smokestacks (eds Page, J., and Newfarmer, R.). Oxford University Press.

• Jones, W., and Murray, S., 2017. ‘Consolidating Peace and Legitimacy in Rwanda.’ IGC-Oxford Fragility Commission. The IGC.

• Agarwal, V., Ghirmai, E., Murray, S., 2017. ‘Identifying High-Risk VAT Evaders Using Administrative Data in Rwanda.’ The IGC.

• Eissa, N., Zeitlin, A., and Murray, S., 2017. ‘Fiscal Impacts of a Presumptive Tax for Microenterprises in Rwanda.’ The IGC.

• Murray, S., and Wolf, S., 2017. ‘Tourism Value Chains in East Africa.’ The IGC.

• Buckley, R., Murray, S., Reynolds, K., and Wainer, L., 2017. ‘Housing Demand in Kigali.’ The IGC.

• Collier, P., Mainwaring, P., Murray, S., 2017. ‘Building Societies for Affordable Housing Finance.’ The IGC.

• Wainer, L., Murray, S., and Ndengeyigoma, B., 2016. ‘Incrementalism and Other Design Principles for Low-Cost Housing in Rwanda.’ The IGC.

• Bajpai, J., Quiros, T., and Murray, S. 2016. ‘Managing Accessibility for Sustainable Development.’ The IGC.

• Kopanyi, M., and Murray, S., 2016. ‘An Effective Property Tax Rate for Rwanda.’ The IGC.

• Collier, P., Kopanyi, M., and Murray, S., 2016. ‘An Effective Land Value Tax for Kigali.’ The IGC.

• Halusan, B., Bajpai, J., Murray, S., 2015. ‘Building Affordable Neighborhoods in Kigali; A Framework for Incremental Development and Low-Income House Building.’ The IGC.

• Buckley, R.M., Murray S., and Ilberg, A., 2015. ‘Rwanda’s Urban Housing Policies; the current situation, and suggestions.’ The IGC.

• Jones, P., Ferreira, L., and Murray, S., 2016. ‘Kigali: A Policy Narrative.’ Spatial Development of Cities Working Paper. The World Bank.

• Eissa, N., Serneels, P., Zeitlin, A., and Murray, S., 2016. ‘Public Sector Performance and Motivation.’ The IGC.

• Eissa, N., Zeitlin, A., Karpe, S., and Murray, S., 2015. ‘The Incidence and Impacts of Electronic Billing Machines in Rwanda.’ The IGC.

• Murray, S., 2015. ‘Sustainable Urbanisation in Support of EDPRS2.’ The IGC

• Murray, S., Newfarmer, J., Qualls, R., 2014. ‘Effective City Management.’ The IGC.

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