GLD Working Paper Series
GLD's Working Paper Series welcomes submissions of scholarly articles that align with the GLD Mission. We offer a supportive environment with internal and external editorial feedback to enhance the work. Once finalized, the paper gets published on our website, receives promotional exposure through our social media, and is featured in our SSRN eJournal - increasing its visibility within the academic community.
2025
Welsh, Blair and Khadka, Prabin B. (2025). "The Reintegration of Women and Children Disengaging from Armed Groups During Conflict: Evidence from Somalia," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No. 78. Full PDF available here.
Kayaoglu, Aysegül. (2025). "Refugee Exposure and Attitudes Toward Refugees in a Developing Country Context," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No. 77. Full PDF available here.
Funjika, Patricia and Honig, Lauren. (2025). "Customary Courts, State Institutions, or Opting Out: Patterns of Forum Pluralism in Three African Countries," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No. 76. Full PDF available here.
2024
Chowdhury, Anirvan. (2024). "Domesticating Politics: How Religiously Conservative Parties Mobilize Women in India," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No.75. Full PDF available here.
Lopéz Garcia, Ana Isabel. (2024). "Migrant Remittances and Local Taxes in Latin America," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No.74. Full PDF available here.
Groves W., Dylan. (2024). "Information and Motivation: Why Governments Respond to Watchdog Journalism," Governance and Local Development Institute Working Paper Series, No.73. Full PDF available here.
Maara, John and Maydom, Barry. (2024). "Do Corruption Experiences Promote Emigration? Observational and Experimental Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa," Governance and Local Development Institute, Working Paper Series, No.72. Full PDF available here.
Toral, Guillermo. (2024). “Street-Level Rule of Law: Prosecutor Presence and the Fight against Corruption,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.71. Full PDF available here.
Bagdanov, Hannah E. (2024). “Social Norms and Sector-Level Engagement with the State: Evidence from East Jerusalem,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.70. Full PDF available here.
Bowles, Jeremy; Koehler-Derrick, Gabriel; Olson, Michael, P. (2024). "Elite Identity, Land Inequality, and Local Development: Evidencefrom Colonial Ireland," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.69. Full PDF available here.
Yeandle, Alexander. (2024). “Social Media, Incumbent Support, and Election Irregularities: Evidence from Malawi,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.68. Full PDF available here.
Thomas, Anjali; Hankla, Charles; Banerjee, Sayan; and Arindam Banerjee (2024). “Do Local Gender Quotas Improve the Electability of Women at Higher Tiers? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in North India,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.67. Full PDF available here.
2023
Bozcaga, Tugba. (2023). "Members of the Same Club?: Subnational Variations in Electoral Returns to Public Goods," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.66. Full PDF available here.
Martinez, Adan S. (2023). “Brazilian Subnational Pandemic and Everyday Health Politics,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.65. Full PDF available here.
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra and Green, Elliott. (2023). “Explaining Ethno-Regional Favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.64. Full PDF available here.
Auerbach, Adam and Kumar, Tanu. (2023). "Politics in the Urban Periphery: Citizen-Led Expansion and Informality at the Edges of India’s Cities," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.63. Full PDF available here.
Hartmann, Felix. (2023). "Do Voters Prefer Relief Over Preparedness? Evidence from Disaster Policies in Malawi," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.62. Full PDF available here.
2022
Yasun, Salih. (2022). "The Municipal Finances and Challenges of Municipal Taxation in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.61. Full PDF available here.
Bob-Millar, George M. and Paller, Jeffery W. (2022). “The Social Embeddedness of Elections: Ghana’s 2016 and 2020 Campaigns,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.60. Full PDF available here.
McLellan, Rachael. (2022). "Local Control: How Opposition Support Constrains Electoral Autocrats," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.59. Full PDF available here.
Bollen, Paige. (2022). “The (Spatial) Ties that Bind: Frequent Casual Contact, the Shadow of the Future, and Prosociality Across Ethnic Divisions,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.58. Full PDF available here.
Kao, Kristen and Lust, Ellen. (2022). "Do List Experiences Run as Expected? Examining Implementation Failure in Kenya, Zambia, and Malawi," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.57. Full PDF available here.
Rahman, Natalya and Thompson, Sarah. (2022). “Roadblocks Remain: Constraints to Women's Political Participation in Pakistan,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.56. Full PDF available here.
Jöst, Prisca and Lust, Ellen. (2022). "Leadership, Community Ties, and Participation of the Poor: Evidence from Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.55. Full PDF available here.
2021
Kumar Singh, Mudit (2021). "Politics and Community Narratives of Participation in Local Governance of Rural India," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 54. Full PDF available here.
Lima, Valesca. (2021). "Changing Repertoires of Housing Mobilisation: Struggles to Stay at Home During The Covid-19 Pandemic," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 53. Full PDF available here.
Brooke, Steven and Bukley, David T. (2021). "Parish-Based Responses to thePhilippine Drug War," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 52. Full PDF available here.
Chonzi Mulenga, Mulenga and Mulenga, James. (2021). "Assessing the Performace of Local Authorities in Zambia during the Covid-19 Pandemic," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 51. Full PDF available here.
Phan, Ngoc. (2021). "Explaining the Resilience of Single-Party Regimes: Centralized Politics, Promotability, and Corruption," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 50. Full PDF available here.
Yasun, Salih. (2021). "Co-Partisanship with Mayors and Citizen Trust in Local Governance,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 49. Full PDF available here.
Barnett, Carolyn; Shalaby, Marwa. (2021). "Success Beyond Gender Quotas: Gender, Local Politics, and Clientelism in Morocco,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 48. Full PDF available here.
Shayo, Deodantus Patrick. (2021). “Citizen Participation in Local Government Elections in the Age of Crowdsourcing: Explorations and Considerations in Tanzania,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 47. Full PDF available here.
Mechkova, Valeriya. (2021). “Women Leaders: Exploring the Effects of the Chief Executive Gender on Budget Composition in Comparative Perspective,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 46. Full PDF available here.
Lueders, Hans. (2021). “Electoral Responsiveness in Closed Autocracies: Evidence from Petitions in the former German Democratic Public,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 45. Full PDF available here.
Cammett, Melani and Şaşmaz, Aytuğ. (2021). “Equity with Prejudice: International NGOs and Healthcare Delivery in Refugee Crises,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 44. Full PDF available here.
Cassani, Jacob. (2021). “Bread and Salt: Labour, Reputation, and Trust between Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Hashish Farmers in the Northern Biqa’a,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 43. Full PDF available here.
Blackman, Alexandra Domike; Clark, Julia and Şaşmaz, Aytuğ. (2021). “Local Political Priorities during Tunisia’s First Democratic Municipal Elections,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 42. Full PDF available here.
Revkin, Mara and Kao, Kristen. (2021). “How Does Punishment Affect Reintegration? Evidence from Islamic State’ Collaborators’ in Iraq,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 41. Full PDF available here.
Mehmood, Sultan. (2021). “The Impact of Presidential Appointment of Judges: Montesquieu or the Federalists?” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 40. Full PDF available here.
Marschall, Melissa and Unal, Saadet Konak. (2021). “Media Bias, Kurdish Repression, and the Dismantling of Local Democracy in Turkey,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 39. Full PDF available here.
Kherigi, Intissar. (2021). “Municipal Boundaries and the Politics of Space in Tunisia,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 38. Full PDF available here.
Brooke, Steven and Komer, Monica C. (2021). “How Gender and Local State Capacity Shape Citizens’ Use of the Mosque,” Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 37. Full PDF available here.
2020
Ferree, Karen E; Kao, Kristen; Dulani, Boniface; Harris, Adam S; Lust, Ellen; Ahsan Jansson, Cecilia; and Metheney, Erica. (2020). "Disease Threat, Stereotypes, and Covid–19: An Early View from Malawi and Zambia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 36. Full PDF available here.
Bozçağa, Tuğba. (2020). "The Social Bureaucrat: How Social Proximity among Bureaucrats Affects Local Governance," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 35. Full PDF available here.
van Baalen, Sebastian. (2020). "Reconceptualizing Rebel Rule: The Responsiveness of Rebel Governance in Man, Côte D’Ivoire," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 34. Full PDF available here.
Ferree, Karen E; Gibson, Clark C; and Long, James D. (2020). "Mixed Records, Cognitive Complexity, and Ethnic Voting in African Elections," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 33. Full PDF available here.
Worrall, James. (2020). "Power and Process: Decentralisation in Oman," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 32. Full PDF available here.
Lust, Ellen; Kao, Kristen; Weiss, Chagai; Shalaby, Marwa; Vollmann, Erik; Bergh, Sylvia I., Karmel, Ezra; Bohn, Miriam; Kherigi, Intissar and Kadirbeyoglu, Zeynep. (2020). "The Dynamics of Decentralization in the MENA: Processes, Outcomes, and Obstacles," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 31. Full PDF available here.
Yasun, Salih. (2020). "Bureaucrat-Local Politician Linkages and Hierarchical Local Governance in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of Tunisia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 30. Full PDF available here.
Esaiasson, Peter and Sohlberg, Jacob. (2020). "Caulking the Social Fabric: How National and Local Identities Promote Pro-Social Attitudes in European Diverse and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 29. Full PDF available here.
Ferree, Karen E. (2020). "Choice and Choice Set in African Elections," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 28. Full PDF available here.
Dulani, Boniface; Rakner, Lisa, Benstead; Lindsay; and Wang, Vibeke. (2020). "Do Women Face a Different Standard? The Gender and Corruption Factors in the 2014 Presidential Elections in Malawi," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 27. Full PDF available here.
2019
Mousa, Salma. (2019). "Creating Coexistence: Intergroup Contact and Soccer in Post-ISIS Iraq," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 26. Full PDF available here.
Benstead, Lindsay. (2019). "Do Female Local Councilors Improve Women’s Representation?" Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 25. Full PDF available here.
Hughes, Geoffrey. (2019). "Tribes without Sheikhs? Technological Change, Media Liberalization, and Authority in Networked Jordan," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 24. Full PDF available here.
Kao, Kristen and Benstead, Lindsay J. (2019). "The Importance of Intersectionality: Gender, Islamism, and Tribalism in Elections," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 23. Full PDF available here.
Sosnowski, Marika. (2019). "Ceasefires as State-Building," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 22. Full PDF available here.
Arat, Yeşim. (2019). "Beyond the Democratic Paradox: The Decline of Democracy in Turkey," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 21. Full PDF available here.
Thissen, Paul. (2019). "Legacy Institutions and Political Order in Weak States: Evidence from Chad,"Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 20. Full PDF available here.
Urinboyev, Rustamjon. (2019). "Everyday Corruption and Social Norms in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 19. Full PDF available here.
2018
Harris, Adam S. (2018). "Moving from Race- to Performance-Based Politics: Swing Voters in South Africa’s 2016 Local Elections," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 18. Full PDF available here.
Kao, Kristen and Mara Redlich Revkin. (2018). "To Punish or to Pardon?" Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 17. Full PDF available here.
Benstead, Lindsay J., Muriaas, Ragnhild, and Wang, Vibeke. (2018). "Donor Endorsements Help or Hurt?" Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No. 16. Full PDF available here.
2017
Clark, Janine; Dalmasso, Emanuela; and Lust, Ellen. (2017). "Not the Only Game in Town: Local-Level Representation in Transitions," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.15. Full PDF available here.
Kao, Kristen; Lust, Ellen; and Rakner, Lise. (2017). "Money Machine: Do the Poor Demand Clientelism?" Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.14. Full PDF available here.
Lust, Ellen. (Ed). (2017). "Islam in a Changing Middle East: Local Politics and Islamist Movements," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.13. Full PDF available here.
Pellicer, Miquel; Wegner, Eva; Benstead, Lindsay J.; and Lust, Ellen. (2017). "Poor People’s Beliefs and the Dynamics of Clientelism," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.12. Full PDF available here.
Muriaas, Ragnhild; Wang, Vibeke; Benstead, Lindsay J.; Dulani, Boniface; and Rakner, Lise. (2017). "It Takes a Female Chief: Gender and Effective Policy Advocacy in Malawi," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.11. Full PDF available here.
Harris, Adam S; Kao, Kristen; Lust, Ellen; Ewald, Jens; and Holmgren, Petter. (2017). "Governance and Service Delivery in the Middle East and North Africa," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.10. Full PDF available here.
2016
Revkin, Mara. (2016). "Does the Islamic State Have a "Social Contract"? Evidence from Iraq and Syria," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.09. Full PDF available here.
Alaref, Jumana; Lueders, Hans; and Lust, Ellen. (2016). "We Don’t Need No Education: Resource Endowments and the Demand for Social Service Provision," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.08. Full PDF available here.
Bazcko, Adam; Dorronsoro, Gilles; Quesnay, Arthur; and Youseef, Maaï. (2016). "The Rationality of an Eschatological Movement: The Islamist State in Iraq and Syria," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.07. Full PDF available here.
2015
Benstead, Lindsay; Kao, Kristen; Landry, Pierre; Lust, Ellen; and Malouche, Dhafer. (2015). "Use of Tablet Computers to Implement the Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) in Tunisia," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.06. Full PDF available here.
Stel, Nora. (2015). "Facilitating Facts on the Ground: The "Politics of Uncertainty" and the Governance of Housing, Land, and Tenure in the Palestinian Gathering of Qasmiye, South Lebanon," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.05. Full PDF available here.
Abouassi, Khaldoun and Trent, Deborah L. (2016). "NGO Accountability from an NGO Perspective: Their Perceptions, Strategies, and Practices," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.04. Full PDF available here.
Revkin, Mara. (2015). "Legal Pluralism In North Sinai: Mapping The rise Of Non-State Islamic Courts," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.03. Full PDF available here.
Clark, Janine. (2015). "The 2009 Communal Charter and Local Service Delivery in Morocco," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.02. Full PDF available here.
Ahram, Ariel. (2015). "War-Making, State-Making, and Non-State Power in Iraq," Governance and Local Development Working Paper Series, No.01. Full PDF available here.