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More Women, More Voice—But No Policy Shift in Malawi's Forest Deliberations

i

Gender

Deliberation

Malawi

Experiment

Deforestation

i

How Mobile Phones Lower Rural Trust in African Governments

Mobile Phones

Trust

Sub-Saharan Africa

Difference-in-differences

Social Networks

i

2024

When Nonviolent Protests Fuel Violence: Evidence From Côte d'Ivoire

Civilian Protest

Civil War

Côte D'Ivoire

Event Data

Peacekeepers

i

2023

Voter Information Boosts Accountability in Senegal Elections, But Not Equally For All Types of Data

Senegal Elections

Voter Accountability

Field Experiment

Performance Feedback

i

How Shorter Travel Times to Capitals Boosted Development in Africa

State Capacity

Travel Time

Nightlights

Panel Data

Africa

i

2022

Audit Results Swing South African By-Elections About Five Percentage Points

Audits

By-elections

Electoral Accountability

South Africa

Natural Experiment

How Cash Crops and Print Shaped Ethnic Politics in Africa

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Ethnicity

Print

Cash Crops

Africa

Historical Methods

i

Mapping Community Behavior: Ghana Study Finds Networks Predict Cooperation Without Communication

Social Networks

Field Experiment

Ghana

Cooperation

i

Civil War violence paradox: Citizens more likely to demand stronger states

Hobbesian Theory

Liberia

Demand Security

State Substitution

i

Armed Violence Hardens Punishment for Rape but Softens It for Domestic Violence in DRC

DRC

Rape

Domestic Violence

Masculinity

Focus Groups

i

Urban Migration in Kenya Reduces Ethnic Identity but Amplifies Group Suspicion

Kenya

Fixed Effects Regressions

Ethnic Divides

Suspicion

i

Early Statehood Boosted Support for Autocracy in Africa

Early Statehood

Autocracy

Africa

Political Attitudes

Instrumental Variables

1 R files

3 Datasets

Malaria Outbreaks Spark Short-Term Surges in Civil Violence in Africa

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Malaria

Civil Violence

Africa

Panel Data

Climate Change

i

Chinese FDI Raises Hopes for a Year — Then Voters Blame Leaders

FDI

China

Africa

Geospatial

Public Opinion

Why U.S. Aid Wins Hearts — and Chinese Aid Often Doesn't in Africa

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Soft Power

Foreign Aid

China

United States

Difference-in-differences

i

The Double-Edged Sword of Political Connections in Senegal's Trade Experiment

Moral Hazard

Senegal

Formal Contract

Asymmetric Enforcement

i

How Protest Brokers Enable Local Protests in South Africa

Protest Brokers

Mobilization

Ethnography

South Africa

Elites

Why Colonial Governments Disengaged From Chiefs in French West Africa

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Colonialism

French West Africa

Chieftains

State Disengagement

Taxation

ISQ

i

Minority Ethnic Groups Reduce Voting in Ghana: A Geographical Intimidation Effect

Neighborhood Composition

Ethnic Voting

Ghana Afrobarometer

Geographical Effects

PSR&M

Rebel Rule Leaves Lasting Damage to Citizen-State Ties in Côte d’Ivoire

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Côte D'Ivoire

Rebel Rule

Citizenship

Natural Experiment

Statebuilding

Dominant Party Strategy & Information Effects

i

2021

Dominant Party Regime

Information Effects

Mass Support

This Means That Colonial Education's Literacy Focus Shaped Post-Colonial Africa

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Colonial Legacies

Educational Inequality

Elite Recruitment

Bureaucratic Structures

1 datasets

Competitive African Elections Amplify Ethnic Identity at the Expense of National Solidarity

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Ethnic Identification

National Identity Salience

Status Anxiety

Sub-Saharan Africa

i

How Colonial Rubber Concessions Harmed Development but Strengthened Local Trust

Concessions

Congo

Natural Experiment

Indirect Rule

Chiefs

i

Why Do Elite Leaders Misjudge Voter Reactions to Violent Tactics?

Electoral Violence

Elite Misperception

Voter Backlash

Representation Theory

i

How Cabinet Jobs Break Opposition Coalitions

Cooptation

Opposition Fragmentation

Cabinet Appointments

Africa

Presidential Elections

i

Good Governance Starts with Citizen Reports—but Responsiveness Matters

Responsiveness Dilemma

Disengagement Theory

Field Experiment

Uganda

i

How Bureaucrats Shape Your Vote: A Look at Government Accountability in Uganda

Uganda

Bureaucratic Power

Survey Experiment

Descriptive Representation

i

Female President Sparks Change: Women MPs Suddenly Speak More

Female President

Descriptive Representation

Parliamentary Speech

Regression Discontinuity

i

Why Women MPs in Africa Are More Loyal to Their Parties

Party Discipline

Gender

Africa

Survey

Text Analysis

i

Gender Stereotypes Reshape Tunisian Voting Patterns

Gender Stereotypes

Tunisia Elections

Political Leadership

Representation Theory

i

Matrilineality Boosts Women's Political Participation in Malawi, Challenging Gender Norms

Matrilineal Descent

Malawi

Intergenerational Transmission

Norms

Representation

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Why Ethnic Minor Parties Gain Support in African Politics: A Look at Programmatic Distribution

Programmatic Distribution

African Voters

Clientelism

Opposition Fragmentation

i

Gender Segregation Fuels Preference for Women's Political Representation in Tunisia

Tunisia

Randomized Experiment

Tunisian Elections

Islamism

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African Media's Role: Why Digital Platforms Boost LGBTQ Support More Than Traditional Media

LGBTQ Politics

African Media

Censorship Effects

Social Media Influence

i

Moroccan Protest Policing: Why 'Liberal' Autocrats Target Autonomous Organizations

Autonomous Orgs

Liberal Autocracy

Protest Policing

Morocco

i

Racial Isolation Fuels Racial Voting Patterns in South Africa

Racial Isolation

Voting Behavior

South Africa

Residential Segregation

i

African Power-Sharing: Rebel Elites Channel Conflict into Resource Redistribution

Rent Seeking

Ethnic Redistribution

African States

Difference Inddifferences

i

Repression Sparks Revolt: High-Potential Burundans Lead Insurgency

Burundi

Insurgency

Productive Potential

Glass Ceiling

i

Why Uneven Colonial Investments? Infrastructure Disparities in African Colonies' Coasts vs. Resources

Geography

Colonial Infrastructure

Health Disparities

Education Inequality

Africa Regions

African Nations

BJPS

1 datasets

Ethnic Switching in African Politics: How Presidents' Ethnicity Impacts Voter Identity

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Ethnic Identity

Presidential Transition

Descriptive Representation Theory

Sub-Saharan Africa

Survey Analysis

Autocratic Regimes

Voter Perception

Opposition Movement Endures Despite Government Displeasure

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Mass Mobilization

Egypt 2014-2016

Elite Opinion

Democratic Attitudes

2 datasets

Why Muslim Efficacy Gaps on Climate Change Matter in Kenya

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Efficacy Gap

Muslims

Kenya

State Repression

Civil Society Engagement

POP

1 text files

State Jobs as Political Currency: Extracting Funds in Benin and Ghana

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Clientelism

Political Financing

State Resources Management

Elite Agents Delegation

Ethnic Favors Follow the Numbers? How Africa's Local Demographics Dictate Government Spending

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Ethnic Favoritism

Africa

Infant Mortality

Distributive Justice

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2020

Legitimacy Explains Why African Mediators Succeed in Civil Wars

Legitimacy

Mediation

Civil War

UCDP

Africa

IO

2 Datasets

Why Politicians Use Land Appeals for Ethnic Gain in Kenya

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Grievance Politics

Land Appeals

Kenya

Experimental Study

Pol. Behav.

Uganda Experiment: Citizen Monitoring Reports Fail To Reach Bureaucrats, But Fuel Public Complaints

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Citizen Monitoring

Uganda

Corruption

Field Experiment

R&P

i

New Media Sparks Violence Spots in Kenya Elections, Old Data Covers the Rest

Comparative Media

Kenya Elections

Twitter Monitoring

ACLED Data

R&P

How Empire Type and Precolonial Power Shaped Local Rule in Africa

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Indirect Rule

Precolonial Centralization

British Empire

French Empire

Administrative Data

IO

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How Burundi Evaded Sanctions by Turning to Domestic Debt

Sanctions

Budget Support

Burundi

Domestic Debt

Time-series

ISQ

i

The Instrumental Logic of Judicial Power: Partisan Motivations Drive Support Across Africa

Partisan Alignment

Democratic Consolidation

Difference-in-differences

Ghana

i

Dominant Parties vs Personalist Rulers: Why Cabinet Shuffles Differ in African Autocracies

Dominant Party

Elections

African Autocracies

Personalist Rule

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Ethnic Diversity in Africa Boosts 'Us vs Them' Mentality at National Level

Ethnic Diversity

African Countries

Coethnic Trust Premium

Spatial Segregation

BJPS

3 Stata files

Uganda Study Reveals: Ethnic Identity Shifts with National Power

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Ethnic Identity

Uganda

Quantitative Analysis

Nationalism

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Expressive Motives Explain Voting Behavior Better Than Economic Factors in Cameroon

Expressive Voting

Electoral Participation

Cameroon Survey

Regression Analysis

POP

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Broker Monitoring in Post-Conflict Liberia: Incumbents' Advantage Despite Weak Institutions?

Broker Monitoring

Turnout Buying

Pyramidal Structure

Post-conflict Liberia

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Network Quality Shapes Community Adoption of Political Participation Tools

Communication Networks

Externalities

Uganda Villages

Mobile Reporting Platform

i

How Facebook & Twitter Sparked Egypt's 2011 Uprising Before the First Protest

Egypt

Facebook

Twitter

First-mover Mechanism

i

Why Good Services Mean Fewer Votes For Incumbents?

Southern Africa

Service Delivery

Voter Accountability

Dominant Parties

i

Does Relational State Building Work in Limited Statehood? Experimental Findings on Police-Citizen Interactions

Limited Statehood

Liberia

Experimental Method

Procedural Fairness

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Who Benefits From Mining? Domestic Firms Boost Local Wealth, Multinationals Raise Unemployment

Resource Curse

Mineral Ownership

Sub-Saharan Africa

Instrumental Variables

Fixed Effects

ISQ

2 Text

When Taxes Spark Voice: Congolese Engage More After First Property Tax Drive

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Taxation

Participation

Field Experiment

Congo

State-building

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Private Associations Step Up as Government Interferes Too Much in Lagos Markets

Institutional Design

Market Governance

Lagos

Game Theory

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Under the Roof of Rebels: Civilian Targeting After Territorial Takeover in Sierra LeoneISQ

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More Control = More Corruption? Politicians and Bureaucrats in Ghana

Discretionary Control

Ghana Local Government

Corruption Threat

List Experiment

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Violence Doesn't Breed Hatred? New Data on Refugee Hosting in Liberia

Empathy-Driven Altruism

Liberia-Ivory Border

Refugee Hosting Behavior

Cross-Border Violence

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2019

Does Geographic Targeting Explain MPs' Strategic Use of CDF Projects in Kenya?

Geographic Targeting Hypothesis

Kenya Constituency Development Fund Projects

Spatial Segregation Of Supporters

MPs Strategic Project Allocation

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Democratic Changes Hit African Economies Differently

Synthetic Control Method

Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

Economic Heterogeneity

Third Wave Democracy

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Surprisingly, Fair Elections Boost Politicians' Responsiveness in Ghana

Ghana

Constituency Development Fund (CDF)

Experimental Design

Electoral Sanction

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Colonial Chiefs Reshape Ghanaian Elections: A Study of Voter Exploitation

Chieftaincy

Northern Ghana

Colonial Invention

Capture Politics

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Domestic Observers Curbed Election Fraud and Violence - But Only When It Matters

Electoral Competition

Observers Effect

Ghana 2012 Election Data

Experimental Design Method

Political Violence

i

How Long-Ruling Parties Sustain Support Through Clientelism

Clientelism

Tenure

Afrobarometer

Political Representation

i

Liberia Field Experiment Reveals Police Trust Boost Without Actual Trust Building?

Field Experiment

Liberia

Rule Of Law

Property Rights

i

Ethnicity Shapes Voter Loyalty: Co-Ethnic Candidates Define Swing in African Elections

Ethnicity Politics

Co-Ethnic Leadership

Swing Voters

Kenya

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Female Ratio Balancing in Security Sector Boosts Confidence for Peacebuilding

Female Ratio Balancing

Restraint Inclusiveness

Liberia

Civilian Confidence

i

Beyond Religion's Demographics: How Conflict Shapes Identity Salience at Burkina Faso-Cote D'Ivoire Border

Religious Identity

Border Study

Cote D'Ivoire

Burkina Faso

Civil Conflict

BJPS

1 other files

Fear silences opposition supporters in Zimbabwe

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Psychology Of Repression

Zimbabwe Experimentation

Emotion-Motivation Theory

Strategic Behavior Under Risk

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Colonial Control Not Built on Strength But Strategy: New Geo-Analysis of German East Africa

Colonial State

Territorial Control

German East Africa

Geo-Referenced Data

i

2018

Contact Without Change: Intergroup Training Reduces Discrimination in Nigeria

Intergroup Contact

Heterogeneous Classrooms

Nigeria

Randomized Experiment

Discrimination Reduction

APSR

4 Stata files

Coalition strength drives African quota adoption faster

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Gender Quotas

Africa

Civilian Coalitions

Democracy

POP

i

Conflict Related Sexual Violence

Sierra Leone

Prosocial Behavior

Resilience Mechanisms

Quantitative Analysis

i

Quotas Didn't Reduce Average Gender Bias — They Helped Young Women

Gender Quotas

Lesotho

IAT

Gender Bias

Field Experiment

i

Small Gender Gap in African Policy Priorities? Economic Empowerment Narrows Infrastructure Divide

Gender Gap

Policy Prioritization

Women's Economic Participation

Africa

i

Elections and Capital Flight: Evidence from AfricaISQ

1 datasets

Ethnic Inequality Fuels Stronger Identities in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Ethnic Identity

Sub-Saharan Africa

Inequality

Political Mobilization

Pol. Behav.

Early Transparency Boosts Politician Performance in Uganda's Competitive Districts

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Uganda

Districts

Governance

Campaigning

Transparency

Performance

i

How Pro-Government Militias Spread Across Africa: A New Relational Dataset

RPGMD

Militias

Africa

Ethnicity

Repression

II

1 Text

1 Other

New Africa Dataset Reveals What Nonstate Fighters Actually Fight Over

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Nonstate Conflict

UCDP

Africa

Territory

Authority

II

i

Precolonial Identities Shape Modern Public Goods Delivery in Senegal

Precolonial Identities

Institutional Congruence

Senegal

Public Goods Delivery

i

Resisting Rights to Renounce Imperialism: East African Churches' Strategic Symbolic Resistance to LGBTQ InclusionISQ

i

Judicial Repression vs. Extrajudicial: Autocrats' Different Tactics for In-group and Out-group Challengers

Judicial Repression

Extrajudicial Methods

Sub-saharan Africa

Kenya Case Study

i

2017

Conflict Dynamics and Feedback: Explaining Change in Violence Against Civilians Within ConflictsII

3 Datasets

Mining Boosts Local Corruption in Africa Despite Initial Reduction

i

Mining

Resource Curse

Difference In Differences

Afrobarometer

i

Point Process Models Predict Insurgency Hotspots in Sub-Saharan Africa

Point Process Models

Sub-Saharan Africa

Civil Conflict Prediction

Insurgency Hotspots

i

Why Do Some Development Projects Finish While Others Don't? Ghana's Fiscal Institutions Provide Insight

Collective Choice

Fiscal Institutions

Ghana Project Database

Commitment Problem

APSR

Ethnic Matching in Kenya Elections: Coethnic Officers Deployed Strategically

i

Ethnic Geography

Coethnic Officers

Swing Areas

Kenya Elections

i

2016

Drought Triggers War in Previously Stable States, Not Fragile Ones

Drought

Civil War

State Capacity

Vulnerability

Inequality

FPA

1 Datasets

Information Spreads Violence: New Data Shows How Media Fuels Cross-Border Anti-Government Uprisings

i

Spatial Dependence

Communication Technology

Anti-government Violence

Africa

i

Field Experiment Shows Higher Voter Expectations Boost Accountability in Mali

Voter Expectations

Government Accountability

Field Experiment

Mali

i

2015

Conflict Explains Common Property Shifts Among Kenyan Pastoralists

Common Property Institutions

Kenya

Regression Discontinuity

Maasai

AJPS

Roving Bandits? The Geographical Evolution of African Armed ConflictsISQ

i

2 datasets

Why Free Texts Don't Flatten Political Voice: Uganda Study Reveals Price Paradox

i

2014

Interest Articulation

ICT Access

Uganda Village Communication

Subsidized Messaging Costs

i

More Administrative Units, Less Political Power? Decentralization's Hidden Backlash

Administrative Centralization

Uganda Decentralization

Intergovernment Bargaining

Marginalized Agency

i

Does More Scrutiny Boost or Bust Leadership Quality? An Inverted U-Shape Relationship in Uganda

Monitoring Institutions

Experimental Design

Uganda

Inverted U-shape

AJPS

1 archives

Ethnic Cleavages Block Women in African Cabinets Despite Democratic Progress

i

Ethnic Politicization

Descriptive Representation

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cabinet Composition

Patronage Politics

Women Ministers

i

Precolonial States Predict Ethnic Wars and Coups in Africa

Precolonial States

Ethnic Violence

Coups

Civil War

Africa

IO

4 Datasets

When the Biggest Group Is Left Behind, Communal Violence Follows in Sub-Saharan Africa

i

Horizontal Inequality

Vertical Inequality

Communal Conflict

Sub-Saharan Africa

Household Surveys

II

1 Other

Local geography explains unusual Ghanaian voting patterns

i

2013

Instrumental Ethnic Voting

Rural Communities

Geographic Influence

Ghana

i

Ghana Legislative Primaries: A Surprising Boost for Opposition Candidates

Clientelism

Ghana

Primaries

Representation

i

Ethnic Integration in Burundi Military: Does It Reduce Prejudice or Solidify Identity?

Ethnic Integration

Burundi Military

Prejudice Reduction

Identity Salience

i

Cell Phones Amplify Violence: New Data Links Mobile Coverage to Collective Action

Cell Phone Coverage

Collective Action

African Countries

Communication Coordination

i

Beyond Clientelism: Collective Goods Matter for African Swing Voters Too

Swing Voting

Clientelism

Collective Goods

Ghana 2008 Elections

i

Why Voters Align With Chiefs Despite Clientelism Assumptions?

Zambia

Traditional Chiefs

Clientelism

Voting Behavior

i

2012

On the Size and Shape of African StatesISQ

8 datasets