Carmen Jacqueline Ho
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My work looks at government policies that improve social welfare. I am especially interested in the political conditions that facilitate the expansion of public policies which reduce health disparities. 

Research areas: welfare state, social policies, bureaucracy, state capacity, international organizations, global health governance, health politics and policies, maternal and child nutrition 


  • Benevolent Policies: Bureaucratic Politics and the International Dimensions of Social Policy Expansion
    Carmen Jacqueline Ho
    American Political Science Review, 2022


  • The Politics of Universal Health Coverage
    Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Hina Khalid, Kim Skead, and Joseph Wong
    The Lancet
    , 2022

  • Why Have Governments Been Slow to Tackle Undernutrition?
    Carmen Jacqueline Ho
    Under Review


  • Social Polices in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes: Analyzing Social Assistance Programs in India and China
    Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Daniel Béland, Dragana Bodruzic, Zainab Nizar, and Shih Jiunn Shi
    Under Review


  • Does Democracy Reduce Inequality?
    Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Marie Christelle Mabeu, Roland Pongou
    Work in Progress
  • U of G
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  • Teaching
  • Contact