Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) Winter 2003 Meeting

The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE – pronounced “wah-gah-pay”) 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. Since 2002, the group has met semi-annually to discuss the work-in-progress of its core members and invited guests. It is co-led by Daniel Posner (Department of Political Science, MIT) and Edward Miguel (Department of Economics, UC Berkeley).

Agenda

• Mary Kay Gugerty, “You Can’t Save Alone: Testing Theories of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in Kenya”
• Edward Miguel and Farhan Zaidi, “Do Politicians Reward their Supporters? Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Ghana”
• *Donald Rothchild, “Assessing Africa’s Two-Phase Peace Implementation Process: Power Sharing and Democratization”
• Edward Miguel, “Poverty and Witch Killing”