Can deliberative democracy overcome the resource curse?
https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/deliberative-democracy-resource-curse-nationwide-experiment-tanzania.pdf

We finally have a paper based on Tanzania RCT with @nancymbirdsall, Jim Fishkin, and @Mujobu + enormous work by @JenLRichmond, Faraz Haqqi, and others.

Part 1 of 3 in our (ahem, somewhat dated) blog series on this paper:

Deliberation reduced Tanzanians' support for fuel subsidies.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/tanzania-poll-results-can-deliberative-democracy-cure-resource-curse

Part 2: Tanzanians would rather use gas revenues for government services than cash transfers -- and deliberation reinforces that preference.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/political-paradox-cash-transfers

Part 3: Sharing the results of this 'deliberative poll' with Tanzania elites had some impact on their own responses -- e.g., increasing elites' inclination to spend, not save revenue.
https://www.cgdev.org/blog/can-poll-results-sway-elite-opinion-tanzanias-resource-boom