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Events in the Middle East and North Africa challenge recent development discourse in two important ways. Prevailing wisdom in relation to governance tells us: that change is never immediate, but rather achieved through incremental, long-term reforms; and, increasingly, that we need to accept the realities of political systems and work with them, including when this involves ‘big men’. -
Women’s citizenship: implications of the Southern Sudan referendum
How will the outcome of the South Sudan referendum affect the prospects for women's participation and activism in the North and South?
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Social Organisation and Institutions
This project involves drafting a background paper on Social Organizations and Institutions.
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Participatory governance in Nepal – why the poor and excluded matter
Nepal is going through enormous change, with a new constitution, a new government and a new prime minister, Madhav Kumar. -
Governance and citizenship from below: Views of poor and excluded groups and their vision for a New Nepal
Nicola Jones with Binod Bhatta, Gerard Gill, Sara Pantuliano, Hukum Bahadur Singh, Deepak Timsina, Shizu Uppadhaya and David WalkerThis Working Paper - the first community-level participatory research endeavour with poor and excluded groups since the peace process - focuses on grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and citizenship, and the implications thereof for state building in post-conflict Nepal.
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Citizens’ Voice and Accountability: Understanding what works and doesn’t work in donor approaches
Alina Rocha Menocal and Bhavna SharmaThis Policy Brief summarises the Synthesis report for a project looking at what works and what does not work in donor support to Citizens Voice and Accountability interventions, and why.
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Joint evaluation of citizens' voice and accountability
Alina Rocha Menocal and Bhavna SharmaThis synthesis report pulls together the findings of a joint donor evaluation of support to citizen voice and accountability and seeks to identify common themes and lessons, core principles and key recommendations for improved donor practice, and areas worthy of further research.
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Turning up the volume: Voice and accountability in Kenya
What began as a dispute over election results in Kenya has escalated into something much worse in recent weeks. More than 1,000 people have now been killed and around 600,000 have been forced to leave their homes. Though Kofi Annan, who is currently leading mediation talks, hopes to broker a solution to the crisis this week, it is unlikely that things will return to normal as quickly as they began. Community cohesion has been shaken, as rifts over land and power that have existed since the colonial era continue to fuel conflict and insecurity. -
Governance assessments for local stakeholders: What the World Governance Assessment offers
Goran Hyden, Kenneth Mease, Marta Foresti and Verena FritzThis report introduces the basic features of the World Governance Assessment and highlights interesting findings of the second round that was conducted in 10 countries in the global South during 2006. -
Voice for Accountability: Citizens, the state and realistic governance
Marta Foresti and Bhavna Sharma with Alison EvansBriefing paper examining voice and accountability policies and interventions.











