“In 1527 the Spanish conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez arrived on the coast of modern-day Florida with hundreds of settlers, and claimed the…
Why does Islam seem to dominate Egyptian politics, especially when the country's endemic poverty and deep economic inequality would seem to…
This publication serves as a companion to a publication jointly produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and WIEGO titled…
Book abstract: How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time? What are the implications of new…
Much of the current scholarship on wartime violence, including studies of the combatants themselves, assumes that women are victims and men…
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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
“Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for…
On Saturday, Egyptians voted in a national referendum on the country's new constitution, drafted over the course of six months by a largely…
After working with Egypt’s president, Mohammad Morsi, to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas last month, President Barack Obama…
This is hardly a week when we need to be reminded that judges and, in particular, Supreme Court justices, have a profound impact on…