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development economics, development, political science, institutions
United States

Biography

I am a political scientist with research interests in the political economy of development, education, legislative studies, and elections in emerging democracies.

I am currently an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. I have a PhD from Stanford and a BA from Yale.

Activities

Employment (1)

Georgetown University: Washington, DC, District of Columbia, US

2015-08-01 to present | Assistant Professor of African Development (School of Foreign Service)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2009-09-01 to 2015-06-14 | PHD (Political Science)
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Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

2005-08-23 to 2009-05-25 | BA (Political Science)
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Funding (2)

Big Results Now! Education Reform in Tanzania

2016-06 to 2022-08 | Grant
Research on Improving Systems of Education (London, GB)
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Institutions and Political Change: The Case of African Legislatures

2012-08 to 2013-06 | Grant
Center for African Studies, Stanford University (Stanford, CA, US)
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Works (18)

The Political Economy of Foreign Aid in African States

2023-05-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo
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Field Experiments in the Global South: Assessing Risks, Localizing Benefits, and Addressing Positionality

PS: Political Science & Politics
2022-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Biz Herman; Amma Panin; Elizabeth Iams Wellman; Graeme Blair; Lindsey D. Pruett; Ken Ochieng’ Opalo; Hannah M. Alarian; Allison N. Grossman; Yvonne Tan; Alex P. Dyzenhaus et al.
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Leveraging legislative power: distributive politics and Committee work in Kenya’s National Assembly

The Journal of Legislative Studies
2022-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo
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Hustlers versus Dynasties? The Elusive Quest for Issue-Based Politics in Kenya

2022-09-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo
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What is the Point of Schooling? Education Access and Policy in Tanzania Since 1961

2022-03-06 | Preprint
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Formalizing Clientelism in Kenya: From Harambee to the Constituency Development Fund

2021-12-13 | Preprint
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Ideology and succession politics in Ethiopia: autocratic leadership turnover and political instability

Democratization
2021-11-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Ken Ochieng’ Opalo; Lahra Smith
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Colonialism and Institutional Persistence: Mixed Legislative Legacies in Ghana and Kenya

2021-10-07 | Preprint
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Partisanship and public opinion on cash transfers: survey evidence from Kenya

Commonwealth & Comparative Politics
2021-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo
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The Politics of Cash Transfers in Kenya

2021-04-29 | Preprint
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Do Voters Respond to Cross-Ethnic Campaigning inDivided Societies?

2021-04-26 | Other
Contributors: Ken Ochieng' Opalo; Leonardo R. Arriola; Donghyun Danny Choi; Matthew Gichohi
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The Contingent Electoral Impacts of Programmatic Policies: Evidence From Education Reforms in Tanzania

2021-02-16 | Other
Contributors: Ken Opalo; James Habyarimana; Youdi Schipper
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Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya. By Mai Hassan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 284p. $99.99 cloth.

Perspectives on Politics
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Ken Ochieng’ Opalo
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Citizen political knowledge and accountability: Survey evidence on devolution in Kenya

Governance
2020-10 | Journal article
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Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies

Cambridge University Press
2019-08-01 | Book
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Constrained Presidential Power in Africa? Legislative Independence and Executive Rule Making in Kenya, 1963–2013

British Journal of Political Science
2019-01-05 | Journal article
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The long road to institutionalization: the Kenyan Parliament and the 2013 elections

Journal of Eastern African Studies
2014-01-01 | Journal article
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African Elections: Two Divergent Trends

Journal of Democracy
2012-01-01 | Journal article
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