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Responsiveness to environmental risk in developing countries

Project Active from 1 Feb 2023 to 31 Dec 2024 Sustainable Growth and State Effectiveness

Mining water pollution negatively impacts health outcomes in many local communities in Ghana. This project explores how information provision might change people's defensive investments to avoid water pollution from mines, examining how people might revise their beliefs and express support for a water quality intervention based on who they perceive to be its implementer.

Researchers

Mira Korb

PhD Candidate, University of California - Davis

Project outputs

Thumbnail image of Korb-Working-Paper-March-2025

Talk is cheap, but useful: Strategic signalling in NGO-led interventions

Mira Korb
Working paper
Strategic signalling and NGO engagement: Lessons from water quality interventions in Ghana

Strategic signalling and NGO engagement: Lessons from water quality interventions in Ghana

Mira Korb
Policy brief

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