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Title
Does Information Lead to More Active Citizenship? Evidence from an Education Intervention in Rural Kenya |
Full text
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5nb7c1ft |
Date
2014 |
Author(s)
Lieberman, Evan S; Posner, Daniel N; Tsai, Lily L |
Abstract
We study a randomized educational intervention in 550 households in 26 matched villages in two Kenyan districts. The intervention provided parents with information about their children's performance on literacy and numeracy tests, and materials about how to become more involved in improving their children's learning. We find the provision of such information had no discernible impact on either private or collective action. In discussing these findings, we articulate a framework linking information provision to changes in citizens' behavior, and assess the present intervention at each step. Future research on information provision should pay greater attention to this framework. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. |
Subject(s)
Kenya; Africa; information; accountability; education; field experiments; Information; Accountability; Education; Field Experiments; Development Studies; Studies in Human Society; Economics |
Coverage
69 - 83 |
Publisher
eScholarship, University of California |
Type of publication
article |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
World Development, vol 60, iss 2013 |
Rights
public |
Identifier
qt5nb7c1ft |
Repository
Berkeley - University of California
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