Papers presented at the April 26 and 27 "Better Governance for Better Health" conference at Stanford University, hosted by the Center for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (CDDRL) and the Center for Health Policy (CHPPCOR).

Conference Papers

• Blaydes, Lisa. "Counting Calories: Democracy and Distribution in the Developing World," with Mark Andreas Kayser. ( 254.77 KB )
  
• Gottlieb, Jessica. "Is democracy working? Determinants of local government performance in Mali." ( 381.99 KB )
• Diaz-Cayeros, Alberto. "Saving Lives: The Design of Social Programs and Infant Mortality Rates in Mexico," with Beatriz Magaloni. ( 487.98 KB )
• Dionne, Kim. "Seeing Like a Village: Village Headmen and AIDS Intervention." ( 720.32 KB )
• Gehlbach, Scott. "Did Postcommunist Privatization Increase Mortality?" with John Earle ( 908.55 KB )
• Hicken, Allen. "Party System Nationalization and the Provision of Public Health Services," with Ken Kollman and Joel Simmons. ( 1.62 MB )
• Potts, Malcolm. "Political Violence and Health." ( 117.15 KB )
• Robinson, Jonathan. "The (Hidden) Costs of Political Instability: Evidence from Kenya's 2007 Election Crisis," with Pascaline Dupas. ( 1.25 MB )
• Sheely, Ryan. "Community Governance, Collective Action, and the Maintenance of Local Public Goods: Qualitative and Experimental Evidence from Rural Kenya." ( 324.79 KB )