Leni Wild

Research Fellow, Politics and Governance

Leni Wild has a particular interest in governance and service delivery; aid, accountability and democracy promotion; and support to fragile states and post-conflict countries. This is underpinned by strong skills in political economy analysis and knowledge of aid effectiveness. She has conducted fieldwork in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Sudan) and parts of Asia (China, Nepal).

She was previously a Research Fellow in the international team at the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) and Research Officer at Education Action, an NGO working in post-conflict countries, where she managed programmes in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone and Gaza.

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Working with the politics: how to improve public services for the poor

Publication - Briefing papers - 30 September 2013

ODI Briefings 83

Leni Wild and Marta Foresti

Yes, politics and institutions matter for service delivery – so what next? In this Briefing, Leni Wild and Marta Foresti present new evidence on how institutions matter and what must be done to engage with the politics of institutional reform.

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Using information and communication technologies to improve service delivery

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 30 September 2013

Tanzania based Twaweza's new initiative, Voices of Citizens, uses mobile phones to regularly collect information from a broad cross-section of Tanzanian citizens in order to aid policy makers, and inform the public about what's going on. In this podcast, Leni Wild interviews Mushi Elvis Leonard - a researcher based at Twaweza - and explores how the survey works as well as how the findings are communicated and used to create change.

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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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Why poverty - where next?

Event - Public event - 17 May 2013 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The BBC's Why Poverty project was a unique attempt by a UK broadcaster to engage mainstream audiences with the issue of global poverty. In this public event, we'll examine how successful the project was and ask what lessons can be learnt for any future attempts to engage the public, both in the UK and around the world, with poverty and development. We also reflect on what we've learnt from broader analysis into public opinion and public engagement.

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Politics and development: the almost revolution?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 May 2013

On Wednesday, ODI hosted a great discussion on half-won revolutions, rivers that run deep and things that are obvious and yet hard to do. We were discussing the relationship between politics and development, what, in their excellent new book,Tom Carothers and Diane de Gramont call ‘the almost revolution’.

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