We are pleased to announce the publication of the "Special Symposium on
Empirical Strategies in International Development Research" in the Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management. This symposium is guest edited by Victor
Menaldo and Aseem Prakash, both in the Department of Political Science at
University of Washington, Seattle.
The issue is available here:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.2014.33.issue-4/issuetoc
TABLE of CONTENTS
1. EMPIRICAL STRATEGIES IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH: AN INTRODUCTION
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington, Seattle
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington, Seattle
2. DO GROUP DYNAMICS INFLUENCE SOCIAL CAPITAL GAINS AMONG MICROFINANCE
CLIENTS? EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT IN URBAN INDIA
Benjamin Feigenberg,University of Illinois at Chicago
Erica Field, Duke University
Rohini Pande, Kennedy School, Harvard
Natalia Rigol, MIT
Shayak Sarkar, Harvard University
3. IMPROVING EARLY-GRADE LITERACY IN EAST AFRICA: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM
KENYA AND UGANDA
Adrienne M. Lucas, University of Delaware
Patrick J. McEwan,Wellesley College
Moses Ngware, APHRC, Kenya
Moses Oketch, APHRC & University of London
4. CORPORATE TAX CUTS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Leonardo Baccini, London School of Economics and Political Science
Quan Li, Texas A&M University
Irina Mirkina, Lund University, Sweden
5. ELECTORAL GENDER QUOTAS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD TRADITIONAL LEADERS: A POLICY
EXPERIMENT IN LESOTHO
Amanda Clayton, Freie University Berlin & University of Washington, Seattle,
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Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3530
http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/