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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Citizen scorecards in Malawi

Projects - July 2011 to January 2012

The project will provide politically informed analysis of the use of citizen scorecards by Plan and its associates in Malawi.

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Centres of government in fragile and post-conflict states

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 June 2011

Leni Wild and Lisa Denney

This literature review sets out some key concepts and practical insights into what shapes the forms and functions of centres of government (CoGs), drawing on a (relatively narrow) body of literature looking at CoGs, while also drawing on a broader literature examining policy processes, political settlements and state-society relations.

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Centres of government in post-conflict and fragile states: Literature review and case study on the Republic of Liberia

Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 June 2011

Leni Wild, Lisa Denney, Alina Rocha Menocal, and Kenneth Sigrist

This literature review and case study on Liberia are focused on advancing knowledge on the policy environments and the policy management systems within post-conflict and fragile states.

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Nordic Trust Fund: Desk study on development, fragility and human rights

Projects - May 2011 to October 2011

This study will present an overview of human rights related challenges, risks, experiences, benefits, and lessons learned in relation to development in fragile and conflict-affected situations, to be used in a World Bank training resource center on human rights and possibly for the development of an associated e-learning module for Bank staff.

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Social media matters: but is it the golden ticket to development progress?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 12 May 2011

Recent events in the Arab world have had observers scrambling to identify the catalysts of social change. The role of social media has been placed at the heart of subsequent analysis but as an ODI/One World Media event on Monday evening highlighted, we should take care not to see it as the golden ticket to political or developmental progress.

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