Smart African Politics: Candidates Debating Under a Tree

From Tina Rosenberg / New York Times: Voters tend to know a lot about presidential and local candidates but little about those in between. In Sierra Leon, an organization hosted, filmed, and then projected the debates in villages, increasing voters’ knowledge of the candidates and issues, and changing the way people voted.

Read the Solutions Insights Lab interview with Lena Slachmuijlder of Search for Common Ground.

Men play football (soccer) while a man films them with a professional camera
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November 10, 2015

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