Institutions, yes, but which ones?
What does it take to combat global poverty?
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Sierra Leone: ready to vote for some uninspiring choices
The stakes for Sierra Leone are high in its forthcoming elections but the choice facing the electorate is remarkably uninspiring. Rumour has it if things go smoothly some donors will shift their classification of the country from ‘post-conflict’ to ‘low-income less-developed country’ – a big deal for peace and future prosperity.
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Accountability is based on relationships, but data helps too
'Turning away from ‘us versus them’, what works is often to think of social accountability as an opportunity for building relationships so that as transparency increases, the less powerful do not lose traction because of informal relations and power networks.' -
It's politics, we’re not stupid: in defence of a division of labour between technocrats and politicians
'In order to improve the political acumen of development organisations operating in developing countries, it seems highly inefficient to train technocrats to think and act more like politicians.' -
Mind the gap: lessons learnt and remaining challenges in parliamentary development assistance
UTV Working Paper 2012:1Alina Rocha Menocal and Tam O'NeilThis report reviews the state of knowledge on international approaches to parliamentary development, including key lessons, gaps in knowledge, innovative practice and constraints on progress. A short briefing distils the key messages. -
Development of the Netherlands Institute on Multi-party Democracy theory of change
This project aims to support the Netherlands Institute on Multi-party Democracy to further develop and refine the Theory of Change underpinning their work. -
A smarter approach to governance in Africa
This event launches the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) synthesis report: 'Development as a collective action problem: Addressing the real challenges of African governance'. The report brings together key research from APPP's programme of work led by ODI over a five year period with teams in Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
This event provides a first opportunity for readers of the report to get to grips with the APPP proposals and consider their implications.
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Synthesis report - Development as a collective action problem: adressing the real challenges of African governance
This newly-published synthesis report brings to a close the work of Africa Power and Politics (APPP) a five-year programme led by ODI with research teams in 15 African countries. -
Chávez victory: good news for democracy?
Venezuela held presidential elections on Sunday 7 October 2012. These elections were considered particularly momentous because there was an 80 per cent voter turnout and it was the most closely fought presidential contest since President Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998.
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Georgia won't go Soviet
'Focusing too much on the role of Russia would underestimate how much this is actually a Georgian story... Russia is only part of the story, and it is risky to look at the east from a very western vantage point.'