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Chinese aid and local ethnic identification
(2019-04)
Recent empirical evidence suggests that Chinese development finance may be particularly prone to elite capture and patronage spending. If aid ends up in the pockets of political elites and their ethno-regional networks, ...
Institution building with limited resources: Establishing a supreme audit institution in Rwanda
(2011-01)
This study is about institution building with limited resources. Through a case study of
the establishment of a supreme audit institution (SAI) in Rwanda, we examine the tensions
between institutional first-best benchmarks ...
Unequal Property Rights: A study of land right inequalities in Rwanda
(2011-06)
The aim of the present paper is to examine the existence and patterns of systematic within-country inequalities in effective land rights in Rwanda. The results of empirical estimations drawing on data on the land tenure ...
Corruption along ethnic lines: A study of individual corruption experiences in 17 African countries
(2013-08)
While a growing literature relates macro variation in corruption to ethnic divisions, existing studies have paid little attention to the possible existence of systematic micro variation in corruption along ethnic lines. ...
Clientelism and ethnic division
(2014-06)
Abstract: In light of the empirical evidence on clientelism and ethno-regional favouritism in
African politics, the present paper examines the relationship between ethnic divisions and clientelism. Specifically, we ask ...
Political participation in Africa: Participatory inequalities and the role of resources
(2010-08)
The aim of this paper is to examine the role of individual resource endowments for
explaining individual and group variation in African political participation. Drawing on new data
for more than 27 000 respondents in 20 ...
Chinese aid and local corruption
(2016-06)
Considering the mounting criticisms concerning Chinese aid practices, the present paper investigates whether Chinese aid projects fuel local-level corruption in Africa. To this end, we
geographically match a new geo-referenced ...
Racing to the bottom? Chinese development projects and trade union involvement in Africa
(2017-04)
Chinese firms operating in Africa are often accused of violating international labour standards and not adhering with national labour laws. Considering China’s tendency to maintain control over development projects throughout ...
The Gender Gap in African Political Participation: Individual and contextual determinants
(2012-03)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors underlying the gender gap in African electoral and inter-electoral political participation. Drawing on new data covering over 27,000 respondents from 246 regions in 20 emerging ...
Manipulating the rural landscape: Villagisation and income generation in Rwanda
(2011-06)
The aim of the present paper is to investigate whether households relocated to governmentbuilt village settlements, as part of Rwanda’s Villagisation programme ‘Imidugudu’), diversify into
non-farm income-generating ...