During the November 1, 2024 session of CID’s Fall Workshop Series, “The Politics of Failed Development: Inside IMF Look at Africa,” Dr.…
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Community targeting of vote payments - defined as the saturation of entire neighborhoods with cash prior to elections - is widespread in…
Money is essential for electoral politics yet its use and abuse often raises problems of graft, corruption, and cronyism. To throw new…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate?…
Africa's democratic transition is back in the spotlight. The concern is no longer the stranglehold of autocrats, but the hijacking of the…
This paper examines the potential role of civil society action in increasing state accountability for development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It…