Institutions & Political Economy
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Evidence to practice: Building relationships is crucial
Rachel Glennerster, Chief Economist at DFID, discusses the importance of building relationships to ensure evidence is translated into policy.*
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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.
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Building a functional state in difficult places
Eliana La Ferrara outlines four ways to improve state functionality in fragile environments.
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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...
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Globalisation and development
David Atkin, of MIT, discusses what the withdrawal from globalisation will mean for developing countries.
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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
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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
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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
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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