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

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

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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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 Hoffmann

Associate Professor — agricultural science, technology and innovation; health

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Recent Publications

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

A new article by SPPA Professor Alex Mallett and MPP-SEE alum Hasrat Kathuria explores the role of place-based identity, history, and local socio-economic dynamics in …

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

Most farmers in Africa produce food both for their own consumption and for sale. We find that randomized a price incentive for safer food amplifies …

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

Unsafe water is responsible for over a million deaths each year. Characterizing households’ access to water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure is a critical first step …