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The ‘Joyce Banda Effect’: Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in MalawiThe ‘Joyce Banda Effect’: Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in Malawi

CMI Brief | Apr 2016
In the 2014 elections in Malawi, the incumbent female president Joyce Banda lost the presidency, and the number of women MPs was reduced from ...
voting, election, gender, Malawi

Petroleum populism: How new resource endowments shape voter choicesPetroleum populism: How new resource endowments shape voter choices

CMI Brief | Dec 2017
High-value natural resources can be a political “curse” when political elites use resource revenues to maintain power, subvert democratic ...
petroleum, voting, natural resources, Tanzania

Education and electoral participation: Reported versus actual voting behaviourEducation and electoral participation: Reported versus actual voting behaviour

CMI Working Paper | Aug 2015
Using survey data of voters in Tanzania, this paper shows that while education does not affect self-reported voting in general elections, it ...
Voting, elections, participation, education, Tanzania, Tanzania

Education and electoral participation: Reported versus actual voting behaviourEducation and electoral participation: Reported versus actual voting behaviour

Journal Article | Dec 2016
Using survey data of voters in Tanzania, this paper shows that while education does not affect self-reported voting in general elections, it ...
Voting, elections, participation, education, Tanzania