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Information and Perceptions
Sat, August 31, 8:00 to 9:30am, Hilton, Tenleytown WestSession Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
Information transmission has only become easier with the widespread uptake in technology. The papers on this panel examine the extent to which information can transform governance and society.
The papers span different methodological techniques — including field experiments, ethnographic data, and formal models — to cover topics including non-state service provision, politician accountability, protest mobilization, and the perception gap between real and perceived service provision.
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Individual Presentations
Can ICT Nudges Prompt Better Social Service Provision? Evidence from Sierra Leone - Ryan M. Sheely, Mercy Corps; Akshay Govind Dixit, Harvard University
Can Scorecards Improve Municipal Government Performance? A Field Experiment - Malte Lierl, German Institute of Global and Area Studies; Marcus Holmlund, The World Bank
Do Perceptions Match Provision? Conceptualizing and Modeling the Perception Gap - Paige Bollen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Blair Read
Making Protest Work: Protest Brokers and the Technology of Mobilization - Sarah Jane Lockwood, Columbia University