Peer Reviewed Research
Foreign aid
Briggs (2021). Why does aid not target the poorest? International Studies Quarterly, 65(3), 739–752
Briggs (2020). Results from single-donor analyses of project aid success seem to generalize pretty well across donors. Review of International Organizations, 15(4), 947–963.
Briggs (2019). Receiving foreign aid can reduce support for incumbent presidents. Political Research Quarterly, 72(3), 610–622.
Briggs (2018). Leaving no one behind? A new test of subnational aid targeting. Journal of International Development, 30(5), 904–910.
Briggs (2018). Poor targeting: A gridded spatial analysis of the degree to which aid reaches the poor in Africa. World Development, 103, 133–148.
Briggs (2017). Does foreign aid target the poorest? International Organization, 71(1), 187–206.
Briggs (2015). The influence of aid changes on African election outcomes. International Interactions, 41, 201–225.
Briggs (2014). Aiding and abetting: Project aid and ethnic politics in Kenya. World Development, 64, 194–205.
Briggs (2012). Electrifying the base? Aid and incumbent advantage in Ghana. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 50, 603–624.
African Politics
Briggs (2021). Power to Which People? Explaining how electrification targets voters across party rotations in Ghana. World Development, 141, 105391.
Aidoo & Briggs (2019). Underpowered: Rolling blackouts in Africa disproportionately hurt the poor. African Studies Review, 62(3), 112–131.
Berinzon & Briggs (2019). Measuring and explaining formal institutional persistence in French West Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, 57(2), 183-202.
Briggs (2017). Explaining case selection in African politics research. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 35(4), 565–572.
Berinzon & Briggs (2016). Legal families without the laws: The fading of colonial law in French West Africa. American Journal of Comparative Law, 64(2), 329–370. [hi-res Figure 2]
Briggs & Weathers (2016). The other white man’s burden? Gender & location in African politics scholarship. African Affairs, 115(460), 466–489. [data]
Other
Briggs & Solodoch (forthcoming). Changes in perceptions of border security influence desired levels of immigration. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Briggs (2020). Canadians think that nearly all of us will be allowed back to work around August. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 53(2), 245–251.
Works in progress
Arel-Bundock, Briggs, Doucouliagos, Mendoza Avina, and Stanley. Quantitative political science research is greatly underpowered.
Briggs, Heinzel, & Weaver. Incentivizing Responses in International Organization Elite Surveys: Evidence from the World Bank.
Selected Other Writing
Briggs & Rutty (2023). Why we should declare a formal 'Smallpox Eradication Day'. Ottawa Citizen.
Briggs & Sidhu (2021). It’s giving season — how do you ensure your charitable donations will be used effectively? The Toronto Star.
Briggs (2021). Why does aid not target the poorest? VoxDev.
Briggs (2018). Millions of Americans as destitute as the world’s poorest? Don’t believe it. Vox.com.