Service Delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

Delivering public goods is one of the foremost tasks of any state. Yet in sub-Saharan Africa, service delivery is often insufficient to meet citizen demands and biased in its allocation. The papers on this panel use data from across the sub-continent to examine challenges in service delivery, including the conditions under which politicians favor their own gender or ethnic group and the extent to which weak service provision has created space for populism and international investment.

Sub Unit

• DIVISION 53: African Politics Conference Group

Individual Presentations

• No Electricity, no Power: Energy Politics, Foreign Actors and Populism in Ghana - Naaborle Sackeyfio, Miami University of Ohio

• Roads and Regional Favoritism in Sub-Saharan Africa - Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, London School of Economics; Elliott D. Green, London School of Economics

• Same-Gender Substantive Representation: Legislative Actions and Responsiveness - Kristin Grace Michelitch, Vanderbilt University; Sangeun Cecilia Kim, Vanderbilt University

Chair

• Noah Nathan University of Michigan

Discussant

• Itumeleng Makgetla Yale University