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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Lindsay Mgbor - Department of International Development
    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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  5. Labour mobility in East Africa: an analysis of the East African Community's common market and the free movement of workers

    Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 August 2013
    Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss. 2
    Yurendra Basnett
    This article looks at the East African Community's Common Market Protocol of July 2010 and argues that there are contradictions and inconsistencies in its implementation. For the full table of contents, or to subscribe or submit an article visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/dpr
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  6. The affordability of social protection in the light of international spending commitments

    Publication - Journal articles or issues - 12 August 2013
    Development Policy Review Vol. 31, iss. 4
    Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Anna McCord
    In this article, Jessica Hagen Zanker and Anna McCord analyse social protection affordability by comparing target spending levels with actual government expenditure in five African countries. They find that meeting any of the sectoral targets in full would require either sectoral trade-offs, or significant increases in donor or government expenditure.
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  7. Cash transfers: good governance and accountability in short supply

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 8 August 2013
    Cash transfers are very popular way of improving social protection, with a proven track record of reducing poverty at household level and increasing access to basic services around the world. But despite generally positive results, there's been little research done on how they affect household and community dynamics, or on their impacts on marginalised groups such as women, youth, the elderly and people with disabilities.
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  10. Hands at the tap
    Hands at the tap

    Several hands cup the water flowing from a tap
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: Julius Mwelu/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    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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