Information about service provision in Uganda is insufficient to affect voting behaviour
Jablonski, R. S.
, Pickering, P. M., Buntaine, M. T. & Nielson, D. L.
(23 July 2021)
Information about service provision in Uganda is insufficient to affect voting behaviour.
Africa at LSE.
, Pickering, P. M., Buntaine, M. T. & Nielson, D. L.
(23 July 2021)
Information about service provision in Uganda is insufficient to affect voting behaviour.
Africa at LSE.
The quality of service provision in Uganda varies greatly across regions and between villages, and yet evidence suggests citizens’ are unable to assess these differences. A research experiment used SMS messages about public services to help Ugandans make informed voting decisions, but it found no effect on voting outcomes. Here is why information alone is sometimes insufficient to affect political behaviour.