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[MIT News] Community policing in the Global South

November 2021 / MIT News, Lily L. Tsai
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[Nov. 17 Webinar]: Evaluating 20,000+ World Bank Development Projects: Can Machine Learning Help Predict which Projects Will Succeed or Fail?

November 2021 / MIT GOV/LAB Event
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Using AI to Finance the Things That Matter

October 2021 / Luke Jordan
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Report on Anti-Racism Action Plan

October 2021 / MIT GOV/LAB
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[MIT News] Punishment for the people

October 2021 / MIT News, Lily L. Tsai

Supporting research on citizen engagement and government accountability

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Practitioner In-Residence Fellowship

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

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

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Grassroot: Understanding the Big Picture

October 2020 / Alisa Zomer
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Building Trust and Improving Effectiveness: Lessons from Liberia

August 2020 / Ben Morse, Lily L. Tsai

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

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