When aid gets a seat at the cabinet table
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On low hanging fruits and revolutions: transparency at the G8
The debate about what the G8 can deliver on transparency is heating up, with the UK coalition government under increasing pressure to provide leadership. But what are the issues at stake? And what, if anything, will summit talks between a group of political leaders from the world’s richest nations mean for the world’s poorest people?
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Transparency and accountability: bringing the politics back in
'Over the past two decades, citizen-led initiatives to hold power holders to account have taken the world by storm. But can they live up to the hype?' -
Holding government to account through direct citizen engagement - what works in Africa?
A round-table learning about what works and what doesn't work for holding governments to account through direct citizen engagement in Africa, based on the experiences of the Mwananchi Programme.
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Case studies on development co-operation and accountability: Uganda, Peru, Mozambique and Mali
Leni Wild, Daniel Harris and Diana KizzaThe OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), through its Network on Governance (GOVNET), has spent three years researching ways to improve donor support to domestic accountability. This included a series of case studies (in Uganda, Peru, Mali, and Mozambique) to explore the realities of aid and domestic accountability. ODI contributed a case study on Uganda, which looks at aid and accountability in the health sector and around the budget process. -
Why politics matters: aid effectiveness and domestic accountability in the health sector - a comparative study of Uganda and Zambia
This paper was part of International IDEA’s work on “Democracy and Development” in 2011. It was selected as a contribution to stimulate debate on and increase knowledge about the impact of democratic accountability on services. The study highlights the implications of aid for domestic accountability relationships. -
The political economy of community scorecards
This report details research investigating how community scorecards have worked in Malawi and what some of the wider lessons might be. -
Preparing minds for leading large scale coalition campaigning with the UK public
There is now shared recognition of the need to shift dominant public understandings of global poverty and social justice. However this has not been explicitly tried before. It will require some different analysis and practice, plus a willingness to explore ideas that may be challenging and new. This project will provide a shared awareness needed to re-define dominant public understandings of global poverty and social justice. -
The political economy of social accountability in Tanzania: anti-logging advocacy and the Mama Misitu Campaign
Daniel Harris, Pilar Domingo, Cassian Sianga, Enock Chengullah, and Calyst Basil KavisheThis report draws on the findings from research undertaken as part of the Accountability in Tanzania (AcT) Programme, and examines the Mama Misitu (“Mother Forests”) Campaign (MMC). -
Arab Donors: Implications for Future Development Cooperation
Lisa Denney with Leni WildThis paper provides an overview of Arab donors and examines possibilities for greater cooperation with European development partners.