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[May 25 Webinar] 'Meet the Governance Innovators' Session 1: What is Governance Innovation and Why Do We Need It?

May 2022 / MIT GOV/LAB Event
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[MIT Political Science] Frequency Builds Familiarity

April 2022 / MIT GOV/LAB, Paige Bollen
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What’s Next for AI/ML in Governance? Reflections on a Year of Exploration

February 2022 / Luke Jordan
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Research Phase Begins in Nigeria for Ministry of Health Governance Innovation 8-month Project

January 2022 / Carlos Centeno, Cory Ventres-Pake
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Top Five Stories of 2021

December 2021 / MIT GOV/LAB

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Bureaucrat Behavior, Open Government, Trust & Accountability
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Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government, Trust & Accountability, Voting & Elections

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Building Trust and Improving Effectiveness: Lessons from Liberia

August 2020 / Ben Morse, Lily L. Tsai
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Preliminary Results from Rapid Survey to Inform Covid-19 Response in Sierra Leone

May 2020 / Lily L. Tsai, Leah Rosenzweig, Alisa Zomer

Combining evidence and methods from design and social science to co-develop governance solutions with practitioner partners

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