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
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 - Social Polices in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing the Introduction and Implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India and Dibao in China
Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Daniel Béland, Dragana Bodruzic, Zainab Nizar, and Shih Jiunn Shi
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 2022 - Does Democracy Reduce Inequality? A Quasi-Natural Experiment Using Individual-Level Data on Infant Mortality in Africa
Carmen Jacqueline Ho, Marie Christelle Mabeu, Roland Pongou
Under Review - Why Have Governments Been Slow to Tackle Undernutrition?
Carmen Jacqueline Ho
Work in Progress