Состоялось очередное заседание научного семинара "Политическая экономика"

Рубен Ениколопов (NES) - "Winning Hearts and Minds: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan"

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Recent experience out of Iraq and Afghanistan has seen the use of development programs  as a tool for counterinsurgency. The presumption behind this approach is that if the government manages to reliably deliver goods and services to its embattled periphery, people will be more likely to turn their back on the insurgents. We test this presumption in the context of Afghanistan. Using a randomized field experiment we examine the effect of the National Solidarity Program--the largest development program in Afghanistan--on villagers' attitudes towards their well-being and their government. We also look at the effects of this community driven development program on local security. We find that the introduction of this program led to a significant improvement in villagers' perception of their economic wellbeing and in their attitudes towards the government--be it on the local or central level. However, we do not find any notable effect on the security situation in and around villages.

Заседание состоялось в 18.30 по адресу: 101990, Москва, Покровский бульвар, 11, Высшая школа экономики, корпус Б, аудитория Д-316.