Essays in development economics: the role of information provision

• Autor(a) principal: Vilela, Ana Inês da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/121252
• topic: information diffusion; natural resources; religious radicalizatio; social networks; Domínio/Área Científica: Ciências Sociais: Economia e Gestão

Information seems to be a powerful tool to promote economic development. In this dissertation, I look at different scenarios where providing information to communities have the potential to improve their socio-economic outcomes. The first chapter shows that after the discovery of natural resources informing communities about their rights reduces violence and increases trust in institutions. The second chapter shows that a sensitization campaign about moderate Islam has the potential to decrease anti-social behavior of young Muslim men towards the government and foreigners. The last chapter looks at the strategic behavior of individuals if they perceive a piece of information as a rival good. Overall, this dissertation aims to contribute towards the design of more effective information campaigns.