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Trust as state capacity: The political economy of complianceThis paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific channel whereby citizens who are convinced that a policy is worthwhile are more motivated to comply with it...
State capacity Trust ComplianceNews
Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino appointed as Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER
Conflict Trust Governance Journal Article
Ethnic diversity and informal work in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue What sustains informality
Ethnic diversity Informal work InformalityPanel discussion
UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual ConventionUNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...
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The legacies of armed conflict: insights from stayees and returning forced migrantsHow does conflict, displacement, and return shape trust, reconciliation, and community engagement? And what is the relative impact of exposure to violence on these indicators?...
Trust Conflict Forced migrationWorking Paper
The social and political consequences of wartime sexual violence: New evidence from list experiments in three conflict-affected populationsWartime sexual violence is widespread across conflict zones and thought to leave a disastrous legacy for survivors, communities, and nations...
Wartime sexual violence List experiment Post-conflictSeminar
Inequality, institutions, and their impacts on social cooperation with Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal
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The role of trust and of poverty in compliance with social distancing measures in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemicSince it began, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a number of challenges on Africa and the rest of the world...
COVID-19 Trust AfricaProject workshop
3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
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Intergroup contact and its effects on discriminatory attitudes: Evidence from IndiaThe contact hypothesis posits that having diverse neighbours may reduce one’s intergroup prejudice. This hypothesis is difficult to test as individuals self-select into neighbourhoods...
Caste Slums IndiaWorking Paper
Ethnic diversity and informal work in GhanaWe present the first study that examines the effects of ethnic diversity on informal work...
Ethnic diversity Informal work Informality
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Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contractContinued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments...
Social unrest Lockdown Sub-Saharan AfricaJournal Article
The effects of trust and land administration on economic outcomes: Evidence from VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Understanding agricultural development and change
Trust Agricultural industries Land rightsWorking Paper
Trust in the time of coronaThe global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War...
COVID-19 Pandemic Survey dataWorking Paper
Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trustThe primary policy response to suppress the spread of COVID-19 in high-income countries has been to lock down large sections of the population...
COVID-19 Lockdown Poverty