Digital technologies have been widely used for political activism in recent years. In the first systematic test of their role as catalysts for political participation, Marco Manacorda and Andrea Tesei find that the growing use of mobile phones in Africa leads to more protests during recessions and periods of national crisis.

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1 March 2017     Paper Number CEPCP495

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.