Evidence from Liberia highlights the role of peacebuilding interventions, through providing a ‘security umbrella’ that promotes local economic development and enables health services provision and access, in reducing fertility rates and improving hea...
Emphasising the ability to support and assist one’s community through elected office encouraged ordinary citizens to run for office in Pakistan which improved subsequent policy outcomes
An experiment in Sierra Leone varied how much say voters, compared to party officials, had in selecting candidates for Parliamentary elections, and sheds light on which systems of leadership selection are most effective
In Indian local politics, women politicians empower women party activists for their campaigns, which reduces gender gaps in political knowledge and political participation
Intuitively, trade liberalisation should increase the appeal of left-wing parties that offer to protect workers with protectionist policies. Evidence from Brazil shows how liberalisation actually reduced votes for the left by undermining labour union...
