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Dr. Maria Nagawa @mnagawa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am excited to share that my paper, “Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats,” is now out in @iojournal.bsky.social In a study of bureaucrats in Uganda, I show how aid projects divert effort from government work and weaken organizational cohesion. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats

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Dr. Maria Nagawa @mnagawa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My friend Halkano Boru has written an important piece on a recurring development policy reflex: importing “success stories” from elsewhere without sufficiently considering the institutions and political incentives that made them work. www.theelephant.info/opinion/2026...

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Beyond Vision 2030: When Borrowed Fantasies Meet a Venal Political Class - The Elephant

Kenya’s leaders keep importing the institutional artefacts of high-trust societies while leaving behind the trust that makes those artefacts work.

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Dr. Maria Nagawa @mnagawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I’m excited to present my dissertation research at Stanford’s FSI from 12:00–1:15 PM PT on Oct 2. Open to the public via Zoom. I look forward to expanding this research agenda to demonstrate how international cooperation can better serve developing countries. fsi.stanford.edu/events/maria...

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Maria Nagawa — Foreign Aid and the Performance of Bureaucrats

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Dr. Maria Nagawa @mnagawa.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Recently joined @WorldSalon x @ColumbiaGD to discuss #AI in public policy. What’s the role of civil servants in shaping AI tools? Who gets the training? How do we keep peripheral staff from being left behind? When workers trust the tech, can citizens trust the state too? #AI #PublicService

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