I'm on sabbatical in India, enjoying the chance to meet lots of new people doing great work in dev econ. Hoping to share the work of young scholars @ all the places I visit. Yesterday I was IGIDR, whose campus has a leopard warning sign (no joke)... 1/n

📣📣 New data alert: we Development Data Lab are releasing open village and town maps for all of India. Find them at the top link here: devdatalab.org/shrug_download…

We wrote a post with some more details about the maps: devdatalab.medium.com/open-access-ge…

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A report on citizen engagement & government responsiveness by Gabi Kruks-Wisner An understanding of accountability & governance on Comparative Political Studies MIT GOV/LAB A #mustread for citizens interested in accountability #ActiveCitizens #CommunityJournalism Jessica Mayberry mitgovlab.org/news/how-commu…

Phenomenal article! If you’re interested in bureaucracy and state capacity, this is a must read!

“What are the conditions that make that information come to life in a way that’s actionable?” Will Sullivan highlights published research (@cps_journal) by Prof Gabi Kruks-Wisner Politics UVA on how better information framing increases government responsiveness. mitgovlab.org/news/how-commu…

Can community media hold local officials to account? Thanks to MIT GOV/LAB for this 🌟 write up on my research with Video Volunteers, recently published in Comparative Political Studies. shorturl.at/BF016

I am looking to hire a short-term RA based in Bihar ASAP to do qualitative interviews and lead a small survey team. Any leads? Please send them my way!

Two imp policy lessons from this paper relevant for democratically elected local governments in South Asia. (1) Inexpensive certificates can be just as effective in improving performance as financial incentives. (2) Requires fair & independent and legitimate performance scoring

Why a Concept of Informal Citizenship is Needed socialpolicyblog.com/2022/09/16/why…

Check out this new paper on the importance of small cities!

Yippee Pavithra Suryanarayan! Congratulations that are so well deserved!!

Very much looking forward to reading this!

A thread about my new book The Performative State Cornell Press. I’ve published the main argument earlier in a World Politics article called “Performative Governance” tiny.cc/PG20. The book, I hope, offers much more than that. 1/9

🚨 JOBS! Interested in political behavior, computational social science, misinfo./polarization and/or social media?
Recruiting ***UP TO 3*** post-docs (or advanced pre-docs) to work with me in Madrid UC3M IC3JM · Carlos III - Juan March Institute on a project on India/Brazil:)

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The 2nd episode of Unpacking Us is about Pak's flood recovery. I talk to Tahir Andrabi about what's needed for coordinated flood recovery efforts, what interventions can help avert long-term shocks, and what we can learn from the 2005 earthquake.
YT: youtu.be/eZqcxHde1rU

After 3+ years of work, I am close to finishing my book on building a more effective Indian state (forthcoming 2023)

Greatly enjoyed chatting with Amit Varma to discuss a preview of the book, academic life, federalism, and the way forward for India@75

seenunseen.in/episodes/2022/…

Really excited for this fantastic fall lineup of seminar speakers CASI. Especially happy to finally be able to host several speakers in-person!

Full credit to our fantastic co-organizers sarath pillai and Amrita Kurian.

Seeking an RA to assist me on a variety of projects on gender dynamics, political economy & well-being in South Asia using a mix of econometric, ML/NLP and qualitative methods. Must be proficient in Stata/R. If interested, pl send your CV to my email here: worldbank.org/en/about/peopl…