So when will there be investigations of this ref. Free football from FIFA
Avi Ahuja
@avi-ahuja.bsky.social
PhD candidate at NYU Politics. I study development, aid, political behavior & governance in Africa.
A World Cup fan honoring Patrice Lumumba at football games- exemplifying why I love the WC and why these games are so important. Reminds me of one of my favorite econ papers from @filipecampante.bsky.social and co-authors on the effects of African football
Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 2mo agoI love this. Unmute.
From our FirstView: The Effects of Exposure to New Electoral Rules: Field Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone by AVI AHUJA and @gmcclendon.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
When you work on issues of development and cooperation with the Global South, you're often asked “what’s in it for us?” Well, we're now seeing perhaps the clearest example: not getting Ebola. I wrote about lessons we really should have learned by now timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/we-could-n...
We could not have been more warned
COVID underlined the depth of our interconnection. Then we made our pandemic response systems worse.
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Public transport operators in several major Kenyan towns began a strike to protest soaring fuel costs after diesel prices jumped 50% since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fuel Protests Over Pump Prices Paralyze Kenya’s Public Transport
Public transport operators in several major Kenyan towns began a strike on Monday to protest soaring fuel costs, after diesel prices jumped 50% since the start of the war in Iran.
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In our new policy brief for the @princetonsovfinlab.bsky.social, Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe, Mengfan Cheng, and I explore the domestic politics and regional dynamics underpinning Senegal’s handling of its recent hidden debt crisis. We welcome your thoughts! psfl.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
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📢 Virtual IPES (VIPES) Spring/Summer 2026 CFP! Great chance to workshop IPE/CPE papers in a small-group format with detailed discussant feedback. 🗓 Deadline: April 20, 2026 📄 Full papers (≤10k words) 🔗 forms.gle/KDnxua5L5DrX... More info: www.internationalpoliticaleconomysociety.org/virtual-ipes
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Very excited to see this paper out in the world! Across 3 rounds of interviews with white Minnesotans, I show that white id varies and responds dynamically to shifts in context. Many whites have low id but vary in how they interpret whiteness—as providing them dis/advantages. 1/7
Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 5mo agoNOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Recontextualizing #Whiteness: Understanding White Identity in the Era of #Black #Lives #Matter By @genevavalerie.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Grateful for the support from RSF and @j-palna.bsky.social and excited to work on this project with @genbates.bsky.social!
Russell Sage Foundation@russellsagefdn.bsky.social · 5mo agoGeneva Cole (University of Arizona) and Genevieve Bates (@uwmadison.bsky.social) will examine the impact of exposure to interactive memorials of past atrocities on support for contemporary efforts to redress those atrocities. Co-funded by J-PAL North America www.russellsage.org/research/gra...
New #OpenAccess Paper Alert! 🚨 In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @gmcclendon.bsky.social and I present results from a collaborative field experiment with the Institute for Governance Reform around a switch from plurality rules to closed-list PR rules in Sierra Leone’s 2023 parliamentary elections. A🧵:
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 5mo ago#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - The Effects of Exposure to New Electoral Rules: Field Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone - https://cup.org/41rDghm - @avi-ahuja.bsky.social & @gmcclendon.bsky.social #FirstView
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline. It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient. It’s really hard. But there it is.
The UK’s plan to cut aid to 0.3% of GNI threatens Sierra Leone—including a £35m health program set to fall below £1m. CGD experts argue Sierra Leone should stay a priority: needs are severe, alternatives scarce, & interventions cost-effective: https://go.cgdev.org/4oKJJ0s
The UK Must Avoid Deadly Cuts to Health Aid in Sierra Leone
The UK Government’s February announcement that aid will fall to 0.3 percent of gross national income by 2027 has led to a wave of concern as to which programs will be cut. The outlook is especially bl...
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It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
*external validity voice* actually it could just be that nairobi is fucking awesome
Matt Collin@mattcollin.bsky.social · 8mo agoThere are those in the development sector that try to romanticize rural life, but most people really are happier living around lots of other people voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
NEW - Rooting Equality: Testing the Effectiveness of Activist Frames Combating Homophobia in Zimbabwe - https://cup.org/3XSzLPn - @payoub.bsky.social & Adam S. Harris #OpenAccess
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 9mo agoOne analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Reducing the cost of remittances could replace large chunks of lost USAID funds for many countries - two-thirds for Nigeria! www.cgdev.org/blog/after-a...
