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Katherine E Casey

  • The RoAnn Costin Professor of Political Economy
  • Stanford University

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Katherine Casey is the RoAnn Costin Professor of Political Economy at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Faculty Director of the King Center on Global Development. 

Her research explores the interactions between economic and political forces in developing countries, with particular interest in the role of information in enhancing political accountability, the influence of foreign aid on economic development, and the provision of public infrastructure.

Her work has appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics, among others. 

Projects

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Inter-Party Debates: Accountability Meetings

Katherine E Casey, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Rachel Glennerster
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Solving barriers to quality female representation in politics

Katherine E Casey, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara 30 Sep 2025
Project
Photo by Ninara via Flickr/Creative Commons

Decentralisation with guardrails: Evaluating Zambia's Constituency Development Fund

Katherine E Casey, Jeremy Bowles, Andrés Felipe Rodríguez, Shahrukh Wani 31 Jan 2024
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The economic impacts of Ebola on firms in Sierra Leone

Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri, Katherine E Casey 31 Jul 2015
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Pilot program on decentralization in Sierra Leone

Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Ambrose James, Gianmarco León
Project
Photo Taken In Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: EyeEm Mobile GmbH / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images.

The impact of information on voter knowledge and engagement: Evidence from the 2012 elections in Sierra Leone

Kelly Bidwell, Rachel Glennerster, Katherine E Casey
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Community-driven development in post-conflict Sierra Leone

Edward Miguel, Rachel Glennerster, Katherine E Casey 1 Jun 2009
Project

All contributions

Candidate entry into local government Sierra Leone

Candidate entry into local government

Katherine E Casey
Project report
Candidate entry into local government Sierra Leone

Candidate entry into local government

Katherine E Casey
Policy brief
Ghana's Independence Square. Photo by C.C. Chapman Creative Commons

IGC Evidence Paper - State effectiveness

Oriana Bandiera, Michael Callen, Katherine E Casey, Eliana La Ferrara, Anders Jensen, Camille Landais, Matthieu Teachout, Shahid Vaziralli
Synthesis paper
An image of a woman carrying a bucket on her head as she walks through a market in Zambia.

Zambia Economic Growth Forum 2024

21–22 February 2024 Lusaka
Past Event
Woman casting her ballot
Gender equality

Improving women's political representation: Insights from Sierra Leone

Naasey Addoba Kanko Arthur, Andrés Felipe Rodríguez, Niccolò Meriggi, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Katherine E Casey
Blog
Lusaka, Zambia at Night. Photo credit: Lighton Phiri via Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-2.0.

Roundtable on Zambia’s constituency development fund

21 September 2022
Past Event
Sunset over the old town centre of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. Photo credits: Africadventures / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund: Policy considerations

Katherine E Casey, Andrés Felipe Rodríguez, Camilla Sacchetto, Shahrukh Wani
Synthesis paper
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An experiment in candidate selection

Katherine E Casey, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi American Economic Review 111 5
Journal article
Sierra Leone elections. Photo credit: Carol Sahley / USAID in Africa, United States Government Work.

Working with political parties to strengthen candidate selection processes in Sierra Leone

Katherine E Casey, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccolò Meriggi
Policy brief
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The economic impacts of Ebola on firms in Sierra Leone

Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Tavneet Suri
Project report
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Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on External Aid and Local Collective Action (Appendices)

Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel
Working paper
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The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone (Policy Brief)

Kelly Bidwell, Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster
Policy brief
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The Impact of Voter Knowledge Initiatives in Sierra Leone (Final Report)

Kelly Bidwell, Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster
Working paper

The Impact of Information on Voter Knowledge and Engagement: Evidence from the 2012 Elections in Sierra Leone (Policy Brief)

Rachel Glennerster, Katherine E Casey, Kelly Bidwell
Policy brief
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Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on External Aid and Local Collective Action (Working Paper)

Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel
Working paper
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Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on External Aid and Local Collective Action (Policy Brief)

Katherine E Casey, Rachel Glennerster, Edward Miguel
Policy brief