Elections

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Biometric Elections: From Risky Investment to Long-Term Progress
Alan Gelb
and
Anna Diofasi
August 18, 2016
Biometric voter registration and verification technology is rapidly becoming a staple of elections in the developing world, but where and how will this technology be most efficiently deployed?
WORKING PAPER

Biometric Elections in Poor Countries: Wasteful or a Worthwhile Investment? - Working Paper 435
Alan Gelb
and
Anna Diofasi
August 15, 2016
Elections have emerged as a leading area for the application of biometric technology in developing countries, despite its high costs and uncertainty over its effectiveness. This paper finds that a reduction in the probability of post-election violence by only a few percentage points could offset the...
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Let’s Not Prematurely Surrender Zimbabwe’s Democracy (Senate Testimony)
June 18, 2013
I had the great honor to testify today on US responses to Zimbabwe’s election crisis in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Kudos to Chairman Chris Coons (D-DE) and Ranking Member Jeff Flake (R-AZ) for bringing attention to a country that is facing a watershe...
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Can the Venezuelan Opposition Create Citizen-Owners to Unseat the Chavistas?
January 28, 2013
This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hasn’t appeared in public since his cancer surgery last December and, given his sharply deteriorating health, it seems a safe bet that the country will be having another national election sooner rather than later....