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Dear colleagues,
WGAPE invites interested scholars to submit a paper to present at a meeting at Cornell University from April 28-30, 2022. Africa based scholars are additionally welcome to apply as a meeting participant, with or without a paper submission. With assistance from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell, WGAPE will provide funding for travel, accommodation, and related expenses for one author of each accepted paper.
This is an excellent opportunity for junior researchers to network with more senior faculty from the US and Africa, engaging with new ideas on cutting edge research on African Political Economy.
We invite submissions that reflect WGAPE’s broad research agenda on political economy and development economics in sub-Saharan Africa, including civil conflict, decentralization and democratization, public economics, corruption, local governance, and other related topics. Submissions that deal with other topics in the applied microeconomics of development in Africa will also be considered. WGAPE commonly, but not exclusively, selects submissions with a strong focus on fieldwork and quantitative analysis.
Selected participants will arrive in Ithaca, NY by April 28. Because the WGAPE format revolves around in-depth discussions rather than presentations, authors of selected papers are expected to read the papers in advance and participate in the full April 28-30th meeting.
See the full Request for Applications here.
To submit a paper or research design, please complete this form. This application is open to both US based and Africa based scholars.
To apply as a participant (without submitting a paper), please follow this link. This application is open to only Africa based scholars.
Deadline for all applications: 11:59 pm PST, February 6th, 2022
Please contact wgapeworkshop@gmail.com with any questions.
Best,
WGAPE Organizers
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