[1] The book studies politics in African countries using a neo-institutionalist framework, focusing on how formal and informal rules constrain group and individual behaviour including through the presences of incentives and strategies.

[3] Gazibo specifically investigates the determinants of democratisation, stressing the importance of incentive structures, political institutions, and economic conditions which are favourable to the emergence of democracy.

[3] In 2006, Gazibo wrote Introduction à la politique africaine, which is a textbook intended to introduce the study of African politics.

[1] In 2016, Gazibo and Muna Ndulo coauthored the book Growing Democracy in Africa: Elections, Accountable Governance, and Political Economy.

[1] Gazibo has been interviewed, or his work has been covered, in media outlets including Jeune Afrique,[7] AllAfrica,[8] Radio France Internationale,[9] Le Devoir,[10] and Agence Ecofin.