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Political Economy in Africa
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Franklin 5Session Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
This panel brings together papers exploring various research agendas related to the political economy of Africa. These include: the effect of participatory budgeting in Kenya, the effect of cash transfers on citizenship in Uganda, voters' support of social welfare programs in Malawi, the effect of private service provision on the link between taxation and accountability in Nigeria, and the effect of urbanization on interethnic trust in Uganda.
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Individual Presentations
Building Ownership of Development Policy: Evidence from an RCT in Kenya - Tara Grillos, Purdue University; Michael Touchton, University of Miami
Governing Citizenship: Social Assistance and State-Society Relations in Uganda - Alesha Porisky, Northern Illinois University
Taxing the Exiters: How Privatization Shapes Accountability - Nicole E. Wilson, Northwestern University
The Demand for Social Welfare in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Malawi - Yonatan L. Morse, University of Connecticut
Unpacking Urban: City Size, Interethnic Trust, and Prejudice in Africa - Nicholas Lyon, Stanford University