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Machiko Tsubura

DPhil Student
Team
Governance
E-mail
M.Tsubura@ids.ac.uk
Supervisors
Andres Mejia Acosta A.MejiaAcosta@ids.ac.uk
David Leonard D.Leonard@ids.ac.uk
Photo of Machiko Tsubura, IDS DPhil student, Governance research

Biography

Machiko is interested in legislative development in African democracies. Her research examines the evolution of constituency service of politicians in Tanzania, with a focus on the political process that led to the adoption of a Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in Tanzania in 2007. A CDF is a government budget allocation mechanism to channel a specific portion of the national budget to each of the constituencies of Members of Parliament for small-scale development projects. CDFs are currently used in around fifteen developing countries worldwide, and they have particularly proliferated in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. Her research examines the Tanzanian case by focusing on two dimensions, politician-voter relationships and legislative/party politics, to highlight major political factors which led to the introduction of a CDF in the country.

She holds an MA in Governance and Development from IDS (2009) and an MA in International Development Studies from George Washington University (2003). She formerly worked at the United Nations Development Programme in New York (2004-05) and the Embassy of Japan in Tanzania (2005-08).

Thematic Expertise

Aid; Governance; Politics and Power.

Geographic Expertise

Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania.