Research
I’m interested in the microdynamics of state-building in central Africa. I’ll post upcoming research projects and working papers here as they become available.
I'm a research manager at Innovations for Poverty Action, with an interest in conflict & governance, central Africa, and development economics. All views expressed here are my own and not IPA's.
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DRC: What to Read • Autesserre on the Failure of Peacekeeping • The Social Norms of Bribery • Violence & Agency in the DRC • Conflict Minerals & Kony2012Rwanda: What to Read • Kagame & the Need for Comparison • Updates from Prunier
Burundi: What to Read • Corruption & Witchcraft in Burundi
Comparative politics: Why Don't Africans Protest? • Bayart on Globalization & the State • What Happened to African Liberation Theology? • War & Political Activism in Africa
Development epistemologies: Ferguson on Seeing What Isn't There • Experts & Epistemologies in Rwanda • Graduate School & the Development Industry
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- Justin Sandefur
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Economics
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- Innovations for Poverty Action Blog
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- Open Data: The World Bank Data Blog
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- Tim Harford
Governance
- Building State Capability
- Comparative Constitutions
- Daniel Drezner
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