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Jonathan Phillips

PhD candidate
Harvard University

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Jonathan Phillips is studying for a PhD in Government at Harvard University. Previously he worked with a phenomenal team of civil servants to guide investments in the MDGs within Nigeria's Federal Government. He has also studied at SOAS and Oxford, worked for Oxera, and Vivid Economics, consulted for DFID and the World Bank and interned for Martin Horwood MP in the UK Parliament.

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Aurangabad, India. Photo credit: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Women as agents of change: How has women’s political mobilisation restructured political networks and changed local governance?

Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Jonathan Phillips 28 Feb 2021

Voters standing in a queue for their turn to cast votes at a polling booth in Samudayak Bhawan, Nathpur, Bhagalpur, Bihar during the 3rd Phase of General Election-2009 on April 30, 2009. Photo credit: Public.Resource.Org, CC BY 2.0.

The political effects of programmatic development policy: Can Bihar break the clientelist trap?

Jonathan Phillips 30 Sep 2016

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Gender equality and prospects for good governance

Jonathan Phillips, Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Somer Bryant

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When and how do women participate in politics in Bihar?

Soledad Artiz Prillaman, Jonathan Phillips

Closing the gender gap: Health, education and economic opportunities

6–7 December 2019 Hotel Lemon Tree, Patna, Bihar

Voters standing in a queue for their turn to cast votes at a polling booth in Samudayak Bhawan, Nathpur, Bhagalpur, Bihar during the 3rd Phase of General Election-2009 on April 30, 2009. Photo credit: Public.Resource.Org, CC BY 2.0.

Breaking the clientelist trap: Creating demand for good governance in India

Jonathan Phillips

Can Bihar break the clientelist trap? The political effects of programmatic development policy

Jonathan Phillips

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