- 47 items
Sort by
Search results
-
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.
-

IF only: a wish-list for development campaigns
'Most in the development community agreed there was both a moral and practical imperative to act on the findings: a quarter million marched in 2005, but engagement rates had been in decline ever since...' -

Illegal logging
Logging remains a problem, with often illegal activity taking place across the country. West Kilimanjaro
License: Creative Commons
Credit: Robert Okanda BCClimate Champions
Source: FlickrEnvironmental governance as a gateway to rural security, justice and poverty alleviation
This workshop will examine how interventions in the environmental sector can be utilised as an entry point to improve security, justice, and democratic participation of civil society in fragile states. RSVP by 7 June to wcseurope@wcs.org to guarantee a place.
-
World Bank annual meeting Japan: CSO panel discussion achieving better health outcomes through investments in social accountability
The 2012 Annual Meeting of the World Bank and the IMF will take place in Tokyo. The Civil Society Organisation Forum will host this event on social accountability and health outcomes.
-
Strengthening civil-Society in Tanzania - is Outcome Mapping helping the Accountability in Tanzania programme and its partners influence change?
Simon Hearn and Kisuma MapundaThis report explores the question of whether Outcome Mapping is an effective tool in helping Accountability in Tanzania strengthen its partners’ capacity to influence change towards greater accountability and strengthened governance. -
Linkages between researchers and legislators in developing countries
Using the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) framework, this study maps the links between researchers and legislators in transition and developing countries, and explores the role of politics in influencing researcher–legislator linkages. -
Involving legislators in evidence-informed policy processes: a neglected part of the democratic governance agenda
Nicola Jones with EBPDN partners from East Africa and Southeast AsiaAn examination of the links between civil society organisations (CSOs) and legislators, and their roles in enhancing evidence-informed policy dialogues. -
Research Policy Networks in Ethiopia: Agents of Change?
Gweneth Barry and Enrique MendizabalThis paper is the synthesis of case studies of four Ethiopian civil society networks. he networks used the Network Functions Approach developed by the Overseas Development Institute to analyse each other through a peer review process and draw conclusions about their roles, form and functions.
-
Working with complexity: Impact of research on policy and practice
This article discusses which capacities need to be strengthened to increase the impact of research on policy.












