Recovering fragile economies through the private sector Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE, discusses the importance of a healthy private sector in the recovery of fragile economies. Institutions & Political Economy Minouche Shafik Published 20.06.18
Building a functional state in difficult places Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments. Institutions & Political Economy Eliana La Ferrara Published 01.06.18
Effecting change in fragile states With decades of experience working with international donors, Alex Thier lists three key lessons to effect change and build capacity in fragile states. Institutions & Political Economy Alex Thier Published 06.06.18
Globalisation and development David Atkin, of MIT, discusses what the withdrawal from globalisation will mean for developing countries. Institutions & Political Economy David Atkin Published 01.06.18
Mob mentality: The critical mass of networked protests In days of massive protests in Chile, students skipped school to protest only when a critical mass of students they knew also skipped school Institutions & Political Economy Felipe González Published 28.05.18
E-autocracy: Surveillance and propaganda in Chinese social media Instead of censoring or banning social media, the Chinese government uses it to surveil protests, monitor local officials, and disseminate propaganda Institutions & Political Economy Bei Qin David Strömberg Yanhui Wu Published 25.05.18
The impact of media censorship in China: 1984 or Brave New World? Fostering an environment in which citizens do not demand uncensored information is critical to effective internet censorship in China Institutions & Political Economy David Yang Published 21.05.18
Justice delayed is justice denied: Speeding up court pre-trials Evidence from Senegal shows that the length of legal pre-trials can be reduced whilst not impacting quality of decisions Institutions & Political Economy Florence Kondylis Mattea Stein Published 14.05.18
Unintended voter polarisation by political elites: Experimental evidence from Turkey A door-to-door information campaign in Turkey unintentionally polarised the electorate over their vote in a policy referendum Institutions & Political Economy Ceren Baysan Published 07.05.18
