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   Bilateral cooperation and local power dynamics: the case of Rwanda

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 4 October 2013

   Frederick Golooba-Mutebi and David Booth

   Commissioned by the Swedish Embassy in Kigali as an input to its cooperation strategy for the next five to seven years, this paper is a focused contribution to understanding power dynamics in Rwanda. It is based on an extended study of relationships and change processes within the government and political leadership in Kigali.

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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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   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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   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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5. Budget transparency in Uganda

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 28 August 2013

   Tim Williamson, who heads up the Budget Strengthening Initiative’s (BSI) work in Uganda and South Sudan , has over many years has worked closely with the Ugandan Government to improve the effectiveness, transparency and accountability of public financial management in Uganda.

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   Unblocking results in Tanzanian rural water supply

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 14 August 2013

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   “When donors are investing in the [water] sector, they need to think beyond infrastructure – it’s not a matter of counting the number of pipes and pumps which need to be bought. You must look at the social structures and institutional setups that need to be in place…to deliver the services that are actually required.”

   ODI research on how governance constraints can undermine the effective delivery of public services in developing countries identified a number of ways aid can help to ‘unblock results’ and get services flowing.

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   Matt Andrews on the limits of institutional reform

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 9 August 2013

   Matt Andrews, governance expert and Associate Professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, sat down with ODI's Ryan Flynn to talk about his new book - 'The Limits of Institutional Reform in Development'.

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   When aid gets a seat at the cabinet table

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 31 July 2013

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9. July Podcast: democracy, Mali election, aid and the military

   Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 24 July 2013

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    The chasm between elections and democracy

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 23 July 2013

    'Elections are the most visible and identifiable element of democracy. However, what we have learned over the years is that, while elections are important, they are far from sufficient to ensure democracy.'

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