Political Economics: Leading Research at Stockholm University

This short film showcases some of the work being done by political economists at Stockholm University. Professor Jakob Svensson talks about a project which helped the Ugandan government. Researchers set out to measure how much public money reached schools.

The study revealed that the funds made available by central government to aid education in Uganda was not getting through to schools. In fact, only 20 percent reached the intended beneficiaries.

As a result of the research findings, the Ugandan Government initiated a newspaper campaign that reported when the money was made available and the amount schools should receive.

Follow up studies by Stockholm researches showed that now 80 percent of money was reaching the schools.

Because of the success of this campaign other developing countries in Africa adopted a similar approach.

The film also features Professor David Strömberg talking about his work on American politicians.

Strömberg studied how politicians are effected by the media. His research showed that politicians were there was more media coverage were more likely to work for the benefit of the local constituency.

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