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Policy and Governance in Developing Countries

About this Research Theme

This research theme covers economics, policy and governance in low to middle-income and developing countries. Topics include interventions to improve health, reduce poverty and create equity-enhancing outcomes in the developing world.

Faculty

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Anil Varughese

  • Associate Professor, Graduate Supervisor (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership) — Political Communication and Political Behavior; Governance and Democratic Deepening in Global South; Social Policy; South Asia
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  • ext 2556
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Ardyn Nordstrom

  • Assistant Professor — program and policy evaluation; development economics; education; cost-benefit analysis; mixed-methods evaluation; machine learning
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José Galdo

  • Professor — labour economics; development economics; applied econometrics; program evaluation
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  • ext 2939
Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

Mehmet Akif Demircioglu

  • Associate Professor – public sector innovation and entrepreneurship, good governance, effective leadership, public management, comparative and international public administration, organization theory, organizational behavior
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Vivian Hoffman

Vivian Hoffmann

  • Associate Professor — agricultural science, technology and innovation; health
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Recent Publications

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New Publication from Professor Alexandra Mallett and MPP-SEE Alum Hasrat Kathuria

Vivian Hoffmann’s paper examines food-safety technology uptake by semi-subsistence farmers

Vivian Hoffmann co-authors new paper examining drinking water contamination risk in Ethiopia