Ken Opalo is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research interests include the political economy of development, legislative politics, electoral accounting under devolved government, and international relations. His first book, Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is currently working on a second book on the political economy of education and human capital development in Tanzania. His works have been published in several academic journals. Dr. Opalo is an occasional contributor for Bloomberg Opinion and has been cited in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and the New York Times. He is a regular columnist with The Standard newspaper in Kenya and writes a newsletter titled An Africanist Perspective on Substack.
Ken Opalo is an Associate Professor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research interests include the political economy of development, legislative politics, electoral accounting under devolved government, and international relations. His first book, Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is currently working on a second book on the political economy of education and human capital development in Tanzania. His works have been published in several academic journals. Dr. Opalo is an occasional contributor for Bloomberg Opinion and has been cited in outlets such as the Wall…