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   Lindsay Mgbor - Department of International Development

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   Rethinking social accountability in Africa: lessons from the Mwananchi Programme

   Event - Public event - 12 September 2013 11:30 - 14:30 (GMT-05)

   ​Despite evident economic progress in Africa, inequality is slowing the rate at which growth delivers better services to poor people. The Mwananchi Programme spent five years implementing ‘social accountability’ projects in six African countries to enable ordinary citizens to hold their governments to account. This event will discuss the lessons learned and what they mean for designing and carrying out projects which change the rules of the game in favour of poor people. RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

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   Rethinking social accountability in Africa: lessons from the Mwananchi Programme

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 5 September 2013

   Fletcher Tembo

   Despite economic progress in Africa, rising inequality is slowing the rate at which growth delivers better services to poor people. This report presents lessons from the Mwananchi Programme's five years implementing social accountability projects across six African countries.

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   Rethinking social accountability in Africa - a visual summary

   Publication - Infographic - 5 September 2013

   Fletcher Tembo

   'Rethinking social accountability in Africa: lessons from the Mwananchi Programme' is a major new report exploring how social accountability programmes can help ordinary citizens in Africa hold their governments to account. Read the visual summary.

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   Hands at the tap

   Several hands cup the water flowing from a tap
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   Credit: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
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   Unblocking results: can aid get public services flowing?

   Event - Public event - 3 June 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This event will explore the findings and policy implications of the latest ODI research on how aid can be best packaged to support governance and institutional development. The research draws on case studies in Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda.

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   Unblocking results: using aid to address governance constraints in public service delivery

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 29 May 2013

   Heidi Tavakoli, Rebecca Simson and Helen Tilley with David Booth

   How can aid better support developing country governments to delivery public services? This report proposes a new way to deliver aid that strengthens incentives for performance in the public sector.

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   Mary Muntari collects water from a stream in Kachia, in Kaduna State Nigeria

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   Credit: Kate Holt/IRIN
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   Adaptation to climate change in water, sanitation and hygiene

   Projects - April 2013 to August 2013

   This project will analyse the risks to delivery of DFID Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) results posed by climate change and provide an economic analysis setting out the costs and benefits of adaptation options.

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7. Liberal chiefs or illiberal development? The challenge of engaging chiefs in DFID's security sector reform programme in Sierra Leone

   Publication - Journal articles or issues - 17 January 2013

   Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss. 1

   Lisa Denney

   This article looks at the ability of the UK Department for International Development to engage with the chieftaincy system in Sierra Leone through its security sector reform programme. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr

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   Sierra Leone’s cold spot? Young people, elections and accountability in Kono

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 17 January 2013

   'Despite the overwhelming challenges facing the young people of Sierra Leone, there is a sense of optimism and unity – embodied by the rejoicing that met the peaceful elections.'

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   Young people, jobs and accountability in Sierra Leone: getting from marginality to dialogue?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 January 2013

   'With high youth unemployment and rich natural resource base, innovative approaches in Sierra Leone to ensuring that young people are able to build sustainable futures from their countries’ natural wealth are hugely important.'

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10. Introduction to the Mwananchi Programme in Sierra Leone

    Publication - Films and videos - 10 January 2013

    Leh Wi Tok is the Mwananchi programme in Sierra Leone, focusing on creating constructive dialogue between marginalised groups and their representatives. This video introduces the programme using voices from our partners.

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