Mwangi S. Kimenyi

TL;DR: This article showed that the relative weight that individuals grant to ethnic and policy voting depends in good part on how they define their group identities, with ethnic voters engaging mainly in identity voting and non-ethnics giving more weight to interests and issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the behaviour of ethnic groups and specifically on their impact on the provision of public goods and show that ethnic heterogeneity results in under-provision of non-excludable public goods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate two concerns, heterogeneity across beneficiaries and implementers, in a randomized trial of contract teachers in Kenyan schools, and find that strong effects of short-term contracts produced in controlled experimental settings are lost in weak public institutions: NGO implementation produces a positive effect on test scores across diverse contexts, while government implementation yields zero effect.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight some of the constituency characteristics that impact on the efficiency and efficacy of CDF and also some political economy aspects associated with this program and recommend an in-depth analysis of constituency characteristics to ensure that the program achieves its full potential.

TL;DR: In this article, a randomized trial embedded within a nationwide reform of teacher hiring in Kenyan government primary schools was conducted, where new teachers offered a fixed-term contract by an international NGO significantly raised student test scores, while teachers offered identical contracts by the Kenyan government produced zero impact.