Search Results - "Peter van der Windt"

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Traditional leaders and the 2014–2015 ebola epidemic

by Windt, van der, Peter Voors, Maarten Published in The Journal of politics (2020)

“...We assess the role of traditional authorities during an acute health crisis, the 2014–15 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. We exploit plausible exogenous...”

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Artisanal or industrial conflict minerals? Evidence from Eastern Congo

by Stoop, Nik Verpoorten, Marijke van der Windt, Peter Published in World development (01.10.2019)

“...•This study investigates how ASM and LSM affect local conflict in Eastern DRC.•We exploit variation in conflict, mineral prices and LSM across space and...”

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Crowdseeding in Eastern Congo: Using Cell Phones to Collect Conflict Events Data in Real Time

by Peter Van der Windt Macartan Humphreys Published in The Journal of conflict resolution (01.06.2016)

“...Poor-quality data about conflict events can hinder humanitarian responses and bias academic research. There is increasing recognition of the role that new...”

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More legislation, more violence? The impact of Dodd-Frank in the DRC

by Stoop, Nik Verpoorten, Marijke Windt, van der, Peter
edited by Wilson, Rick K
Published in PloS one (2018)

“...The Dodd Frank Act was passed by the US Congress in July 2010 and included a provision—Section 1502—that aimed to break the link between conflict and minerals...”

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Contributions of experimental approaches to development and poverty alleviation: Field experiments and humanitarian assistance

by Quattrochi, John Aker, Jenny C van der Windt, Peter Voors, Maarten Published in World development (01.03.2020)

“...The work of Nobel Laureates Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer has centered around the use of randomized control trials to help solve development problems. To date,...”

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Citizen Attitudes Toward Traditional and State Authorities: Substitutes or Complements?

by Windt, Van der, Peter Humphreys, Macartan Medina, Lily Timmons, Jeffrey F Voors, Maarten
edited by Holzinger, Katharina Baldwin, Kate
Published in Comparative political studies (2019)

“...Do citizens view state and traditional authorities as substitutes or complements? Past work has been divided on this question. Some scholars point to...”

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Gender quotas in development programming: Null results from a field experiment in Congo

by van der Windt, Peter Humphreys, Macartan Sanchez de la Sierra, Raul Published in Journal of development economics (01.07.2018)

“...We examine whether gender quotas introduced by development agencies empower women. As part of a development program, an international organization created...”

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Know your neighbor : The impact of social context on fairness behavior

by Sircar, Neelanjan Turley, Ty Windt, van der, Peter Voors, Maarten
edited by Brañas-Garza, Pablo
Published in PloS one (2018)

“...Laboratory experiments offer an opportunity to isolate human behaviors with a level of precision that is often difficult to obtain using other (survey-based)...”

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Can Development Aid Empower Women? Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Congo

by van der Windt, Peter Published in The Journal of politics (01.07.2018)

“...Can development aid empower women? We randomly assigned 1,250 Congolese communities to a development program that distributed development funds and included...”

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Democracy and health: Evidence from within-country heterogeneity in the Congo

by van der Windt, Peter Vandoros, Sotiris Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01.12.2017)

“...The literature documents a positive association between democracy and health, and studies supporting this claim have largely relied on cross-country panel...”

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Fishing, Commitment, and Communication: A Proposal for Comprehensive Nonbinding Research Registration

by Humphreys, Macartan Sanchez de la Sierra, Raul van der Windt, Peter Published in Political analysis (20130000)

“...Social scientists generally enjoy substantial latitude in selecting measures and models for hypothesis testing. Coupled with publication and related biases,...”

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Citizen Attitudes Toward Traditional and State Authorities : Substitutes or Complements?

by Windt, Peter, Van der Humphreys, Macartan Medina, Lily Timmons, Jeffrey F Voors, Maarten Published in Comparative political studies (2018)

“...Do citizens view state and traditional authorities as substitutes or complements? Past work has been divided on this question. Some scholars point to...”

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Resources and Governance in Sierra Leone's Civil War

by Voors, Maarten Van Der Windt, Peter Papaioannou, Kostadis J Bulte, Erwin Published in The Journal of development studies (01.02.2017)

“...We empirically investigate the role of natural resources, and governance in explaining variation in the intensity of conflict during the 1991-2002 civil war in...”

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Electoral Administration in Fledgling Democracies: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

by Harris, J. Andrew Kamindo, Catherine Windt, Peter Van der Published in The Journal of politics (29.07.2020)

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Artisanal or Industrial Conflict Minerals? Evidence from Eastern Congo

by Stoop, Nik Verpoorten, Marijke van der Windt, Peter
2019

“...Existing research suggests a strong link between mining and local conflict but makes no distinction between artisanal and industrial mining. We exploit...”

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Exporting democratic practices: Evidence from a village governance intervention in Eastern Congo

by Humphreys, Macartan Sánchez de la Sierra, Raúl Van der Windt, Peter Published in Journal of development economics (01.09.2019)

“...We study a randomized Community Driven Reconstruction (CDR) intervention that provided two years of exposure to democratic practices in 1250 villages in...”

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Resources and Governance in Sierra Leone’s Civil War

by Voors, Maarten J van der Windt, Peter Papaioannou, Kostadis J Bulte, Erwin
01.02.2017

“...We empirically investigate the role of natural resources, and governance in explaining variation in the intensity of conflict during the 1991–2002 civil war in...”

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More legislation, more violence? The impact of Dodd-Frank in the DRC

by Stoop, Nik Verpoorten, Marijke van der Windt, Peter
09.08.2018

“...The Dodd Frank Act was passed by the US Congress in July 2010 and included a provision-Section 1502-that aimed to break the link between conflict and minerals...”

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The Way That Minerals Are Mined Affects Conflict in Eastern Congo

by Verpoorten, Marijke Nik Stoop Peter van der Windt Published in AllAfrica.com (29.07.2019)

“..."Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a...”

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Assessing the Longer Term Impact of Community-Driven Development Programs : Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

by Mvukiyehe, Eric van der Windt, Peter
01.01.2020

“...Community-driven development programs are a popular model for service delivery and socioeconomic development, especially in countries reeling from civil...”

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