Publicação
Essays in development economics
| Resumo: | In this dissertation, I show that promoting local and community-based action can help address deficient formal institutions and state capacity problems in emerging and low-income countries. Specifically, I explore (i) the effect of election observers on electoral fraud, (ii) how parental involvement in children’s education can be fostered, and (iii) the role of information provision in disaster preparation. I use data collected from field experiments in Mozambique and Angola to study these topics. |
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| Autores principais: | Leeffers, Stefan |
| Assunto: | Accountability Community action Sub-Saharan Africa Field experiments |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | In this dissertation, I show that promoting local and community-based action can help address deficient formal institutions and state capacity problems in emerging and low-income countries. Specifically, I explore (i) the effect of election observers on electoral fraud, (ii) how parental involvement in children’s education can be fostered, and (iii) the role of information provision in disaster preparation. I use data collected from field experiments in Mozambique and Angola to study these topics. |
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