Throughout the world, voters lack access to information about politicians, government
performance, and public services. Efforts to remedy these informational deficits are …

In recent years, experimental methods have been both highly celebrated, and roundly
criticized, as a means of addressing core questions in the social sciences. They have …

In this chapter, we report a field experiment in Burkina Faso, which aimed to isolate the
effects of information content from other channels of influence through which an information …

This paper explores the electoral effects of providing information on the educational
outcomes of municipal schools when the mayor is running for reelection. We designed and …

Do informational interventions shape electoral choices and thereby promote political
accountability? The chapters in Part II of this book provided answers to this question in …

This thesis is on Donor Support, Electoral Dynamics and Democratisation in South Africa
with particular focus on the Buffalo City Municipality of the Eastern Cape. The main aim of …

This paper explores the role of providing information on the educational outcomes of
municipal schools to voters on their electoral behavior in elections in which the incumbent …

Elections are a blunt tool for accountability. Can enhanced politician-voter communication in
the periods between elections improve democratic outcomes? We partner with a politician in …