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Algorithmic Governance in the Global South

Deployment, Contestation, Repair

  • Editor Dr. Priya Venkataraman · IIIT Hyderabad
  • Editor Prof. Daniel Okonkwo · University of Cape Town

About this book

Most writing on algorithmic governance describes systems built in San Francisco and deployed on Californians. This volume describes systems built elsewhere, or built there and deployed here, and what happened next. Fourteen contributors across eleven countries document welfare allocation in India, credit scoring in Kenya, predictive policing in Brazil and biometric identity across four states, with attention throughout to what people did about it. Published open access with support from the Lighthouse Academic Fund.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction: Governance at the Receiving EndPriya Venkataraman & Daniel Okonkwo10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.01p. 1
  2. Welfare by Algorithm: Aadhaar-Linked Rations in Three StatesMeera Raghunathan10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.02p. 24
  3. Scoring the Unbanked: Mobile Credit in Kenya, 2016–2024Kwame Osei10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.03p. 61
  4. Predictive Policing in São Paulo and Its CriticsMarco Ferreira10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.04p. 98
  5. The Biometric State: Identity Infrastructure as GovernanceHannah Weiss10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.05p. 134
  6. Contesting the Model: Litigation Strategies in Four JurisdictionsRohit Malhotra10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.06p. 176
  7. Repair Work: What Frontline Officials Actually DoAnanya Deshpande10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.07p. 213
  8. Afterword: A Research AgendaYuki Tanaka10.53456/book.2026.algorithmic-.08p. 352

Every chapter carries its own DOI and can be cited independently of the volume.