Learning to Govern: The Impact of Politicians’ Peer Networks

• In Event: Corruption, Politicians and Public Perception

Brief Overview

We conduct a large-scale experiment with local politicians in India and show that structured peer groups improve political knowledge, confidence, networks, and the implementation of citizen-prioritised development projects.

Authors

• Apurva Bamezai, University of Notre Dame

• Siddharth Eapen George, National University of Singapore

• Siddharth Hari, World Bank Group

• M. R. Sharan, University of Maryland

• Munish Sharma, Independent Researcher