Vikki Chambers

Research Officer, Politics and Governance

Vikki Chambers has a particular interest in governance and neo-patrimonialism with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. She is a member of the ‘Africa Power and Politics Programme’ (APPP) which aims to identify forms of governance that work better for development and poverty reduction. She currently contributes to the APPP’s local governance and leadership research stream, which aims to generate propositions about how governance arrangements determine the ability of local administrative areas to deal with challenges faced in the provision of public goods.

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Guinea elections: a watershed for the private sector?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 27 September 2013

The Guinean population should have been voting to elect a new legislative assembly on Tuesday this week. Instead, in an all-too-familiar pattern, the elections were postponed once again – for the fifth time in three years.

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Displaced women and children in northern Mali

Innovations in service delivery

Projects - May 2013 to November 2013

The World Bank is undertaking a study on local governance in zones of low density areas focusing on Mali. As part of this, ODI are reviewing experiences with delivery of essential services such as health, education, clean water, justice and conflict resolution in zones of low density population, insecurity and where different socio-economic groups coexist, with special attention given to nomadic and sedentary population.

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Elections in Guinea: the beginning, not the end

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 May 2013

As Guinea gears up for its long overdue legislative elections on 27 June, one important issue is being overlooked. In the long process of diplomatic negotiations, external carrot waving, political unrest and violent opposition protests, the elections are seen as the final rather than the first step in the democratic process. The international community believes that the elections are indispensable for Guinea to establish legitimacy and unlock its development potential and they may be right.

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Common constraints and incentive problems in service delivery

Publication - Discussion papers - 29 August 2012

ODI Working Papers 351

Leni Wild, Vikki Chambers, Maia King and Daniel Harris

There is growing recognition that, despite significant increases in resourcing, public service delivery is still failing in many developing countries. This review explores the existing evidence base in three sectors (education, health, water and sanitation) across multiple countries. The review points to a set of five common political economy constraints and incentive problems that affect levels of performance.

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Health policies alone will not improve maternal health

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 11 July 2012

As the stories start to emerge about the extra billions committed to supporting better family planning at today’s summit, attention should now turn to the problems faced by governments and health workers in fulfilling the laudable aims. A sober assessment reveals that, enthusiastic announcements aside, those involved in the family-planning summit would do well to heed the lessons learnt from wider efforts to improve maternal health.

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