Richard Stanley

New Resources

Can rural public works affect agricultural wages? Evidence from India, CSAE working paper
The Determinants of Earnings Inequalities: Panel data evidence from South Africa, CSAE working paper
CSAE Research Summary 2012
Financial Architecture and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Tanzania, CSAE working paper
Media Freedom and Democracy: Complements or Substitutes in the Fight against Corruption?, CSAE working paper
Market Integration and Border Effects in Eastern Africa, CSAE working paper
How to improve knowledge and take-up of public services by the poor: The case of the RSBY National Health Insurance in India, iiG Briefing Paper 20

CSAE and St Antony's College

Biography

Richard Stanley is a PhD candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford, where he also completed an MSc in African Studies. Prior to enrolling at Oxford, Richard worked as a software engineer and UNIX systems administrator in California's Silicon Valley. Richard's academic research focuses on the effectiveness of humanitarian and health-related interventions in developing countries, particularly those affected by war. In 2008-2009, he conducted fieldwork in Sierra Leone as Fulbright fellow. Since 2005, Richard has been serving as a consulting expert on field survey management and data analysis. Most recently, he consulted on a UN project on livelihoods, displacement and health in the Darfur region of Sudan and on a survey for Norwegian People's Aid of gender-based violence in South Sudan.