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I am a PhD candidate at American University in Washington, DC. I am interested in state formation and governance in low income countries. My dissertation examines the influence of foreign aid on incumbent advantage in African presidential elections.

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What Social Science Does—and Doesn’t—Know

Jim Manzi wrote an excellent article on public policy experimentation and the difficulties in learning anything about the social world. He explains the limits of randomized trials much more eloquently than I did.

Additional remarks from Manzi and links to more commentary on his article can be found here.

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I am a PhD candidate at American University in Washington, DC. I am interested in state formation and governance in low income countries. My dissertation examines the influence of foreign aid on incumbent advantage in African presidential elections.