#  Alina Esanu 

IQSS Undergraduate Research Scholar

 

 

 



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 email <alinaesanu@college.harvard.edu> 

 



 

Alina is a senior at Harvard College pursuing a double concentration in Government and Economics. She is currently working on a project under Professor Pia Raffler seeking to better understand power asymmetries between local politicians and bureaucrats in developing countries. Alina is interested in leveraging both quantitative and qualitative methods to improve government performance in states with low capacity.



 

 

 





 

 

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