Research Lead: Athena Wagner
Research Assistants: Kate SantaMaria, Ben Risley, Savannah Nivin, Alex Brown, & Izzy Tang
What is the Sub-Saharan Africa Cluster?
The Sub-Saharan Africa Cluster investigates effective governance in collaboration with international partners. The cluster uses a range of data sources, including qualitative interviews, original data collection, administrative data, and field surveys, to better understand the drivers of governance failures as well as to innovate solutions. The cluster’s substantive focus includes public health, environmental conservation, political participation, and economic development.
Who are our external partners and collaborators?
- The Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) is one of the leading independent policy research think tanks in Tanzania. The Foundation seeks to use evidence to support economic management and policy development.
- Marco Kitundu is the project lead of the Afya Yako Project, which utilizes journalists to increase health service uptake in Tanzania, and a research assistant at the Impact Evaluation Lab under the Governance and Capacity Development Department at ESRF. Kitundu is the journalist and project coordinator overseeing the field reporting in Tanzania.