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Avi Ahuja

@avi-ahuja.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at NYU Politics. I study development, aid, political behavior & governance in Africa.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
So when will there be investigations of this ref. Free football from FIFA
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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A World Cup fan honoring Patrice Lumumba at football games- exemplifying why I love the WC and why these games are so important. Reminds me of one of my favorite econ papers from @filipecampante.bsky.social and co-authors on the effects of African football
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
From our FirstView: The Effects of Exposure to New Electoral Rules: Field Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone by AVI AHUJA and @gmcclendon.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When you work on issues of development and cooperation with the Global South, you're often asked “what’s in it for us?” Well, we're now seeing perhaps the clearest example: not getting Ebola. I wrote about lessons we really should have learned by now timhirschelburns.substack.com/p/we-could-n...
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We could not have been more warned
COVID underlined the depth of our interconnection. Then we made our pandemic response systems worse.
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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Public transport operators in several major Kenyan towns began a strike to protest soaring fuel costs after diesel prices jumped 50% since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fuel Protests Over Pump Prices Paralyze Kenya’s Public Transport
Public transport operators in several major Kenyan towns began a strike on Monday to protest soaring fuel costs, after diesel prices jumped 50% since the start of the war in Iran.
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Avi Ahuja @avi-ahuja.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
In our new policy brief for the @princetonsovfinlab.bsky.social, Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe, Mengfan Cheng, and I explore the domestic politics and regional dynamics underpinning Senegal’s handling of its recent hidden debt crisis. We welcome your thoughts! psfl.princeton.edu/sites/g/file...
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Ricky Clark @rickyclark.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📢 Virtual IPES (VIPES) Spring/Summer 2026 CFP! Great chance to workshop IPE/CPE papers in a small-group format with detailed discussant feedback. 🗓 Deadline: April 20, 2026 📄 Full papers (≤10k words) 🔗 forms.gle/KDnxua5L5DrX... More info: www.internationalpoliticaleconomysociety.org/virtual-ipes
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Geneva @genevavalerie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Very excited to see this paper out in the world! Across 3 rounds of interviews with white Minnesotans, I show that white id varies and responds dynamically to shifts in context. Many whites have low id but vary in how they interpret whiteness—as providing them dis/advantages. 1/7
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Geneva @genevavalerie.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Grateful for the support from RSF and @j-palna.bsky.social and excited to work on this project with @genbates.bsky.social!
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Avi Ahuja @avi-ahuja.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
New #OpenAccess Paper Alert! 🚨 In @apsrjournal.bsky.social, @gmcclendon.bsky.social and I present results from a collaborative field experiment with the Institute for Governance Reform around a switch from plurality rules to closed-list PR rules in Sierra Leone’s 2023 parliamentary elections. A🧵:
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline. It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient. It’s really hard. But there it is.
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 04/12/2025
The UK’s plan to cut aid to 0.3% of GNI threatens Sierra Leone—including a £35m health program set to fall below £1m. CGD experts argue Sierra Leone should stay a priority: needs are severe, alternatives scarce, & interventions cost-effective: go.cgdev.org/4oKJJ0s
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The UK Must Avoid Deadly Cuts to Health Aid in Sierra Leone
The UK Government’s February announcement that aid will fall to 0.3 percent of gross national income by 2027 has led to a wave of concern as to which programs will be cut. The outlook is especially bl...
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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
*external validity voice* actually it could just be that nairobi is fucking awesome
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
NEW - Rooting Equality: Testing the Effectiveness of Activist Frames Combating Homophobia in Zimbabwe - cup.org/3XSzLPn - @payoub.bsky.social & Adam S. Harris #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract of a discussing the effectiveness of locally rooted human rights activism in reducing homophobia in Zimbabwe, focusing on strategies for challenging anti-LGBTQ sentiments and promoting LGBTQ rights in African contexts.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/11/2025
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Reducing the cost of remittances could replace large chunks of lost USAID funds for many countries - two-thirds for Nigeria! www.cgdev.org/blog/after-a...
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