The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. It is co-led by Daniel Posner (Department of Political Science, UCLA), Edward Miguel (Department of Economics, UC Berkeley), Brian Dillon (Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington), and Amanda Robinson (Department of Political Science, Ohio State). The 2018 WGAPE Annual Meeting will be held on May 18th-19th at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.
Meeting Information
The meeting began on Friday mid-day, May 18th, and ended mid-day on Saturday, May 19th. Each meeting is built around in-depth discussions of around seven to eight papers that are pre-circulated and read in advance (see an archive of papers from past WGAPE meetings) by participants. Each submission that is selected will receive a one-hour discussion slot at the meeting. Presenters provide little more than a few brief, orienting comments before the floor is opened for discussion.
Submission Categories
We include paper and research design submissions that reflect WGAPE’s broad research agenda on the political economy of African development, including ethnic politics, civil conflict and violence, decentralization and democratization, corruption, local governance, public economics, and other related topics. Experimental research with field data will be given priority. Graduate students and junior faculty are particularly encouraged to apply.
Selected Papers
The following papers were selected for discussion at WGAPE. Authors present at the meeting are listed in bold.
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