Democracy and development
This training aims to work to increase the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s strategic and transformational work in the Governance field.
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Aid effectiveness: bringing country ownership (and politics) back in
This ODI Working Paper discusses how international actors can support the emergence of country-owned development efforts. -
The political economy of regional integration and regionalism in West Africa
This project will examine the main national and sub-regional dynamics that influence the path to further regional integration - either positively or negatively - with a particular focus on the analysis of what key countries will stand to gain and lose from deeper regional economic integration. -
IDP in Somalia
Displaced people wait to be given food during a distribution organised by the UN World Food Programme, USAID and other local and international NGOs, in Mogadishu Somalia on September 2008.
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Credit: © Jamal Osman/IRIN
Source: IRINA results take-over of aid effectiveness? How to balance multiple or competing calls for more accountability
This event is the second in a series of events focusing on aid effectiveness in the lead up to Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011.
This debate will explore possible tensions, as well as opportunities, where donors seek to reassure domestic publics that aid is being spent well while they also endeavour to support the needs and priorities of aid recipient countries and their citizens.
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Wanted: Smarter aid to support political and institutional reform in Africa
Prime Minister David Cameron ended his whirlwind trip to South Africa and Nigeria on 19 July with a speech at the Pan-African University in Lagos in which he argued that ‘Africa’s moment’ may be within reach. -
Centres of government in post-conflict and fragile states: Literature review and case study on the Republic of Liberia
This literature review and case study on Liberia are focused on advancing knowledge on the policy environments and the policy management systems within post-conflict and fragile states. -
Promoting citizens’ voice and accountability: understanding what may work in different settings and lessons from experience
This event, organised jointly by the Politics and Governance Programme at ODI and DAI, will look at different interventions intended to improve voice and accountability, including the Promoting Governance, Accountability, Transparency, and Integrity (PROGATI) Project in Bangladesh and the Mwananchi Governance and Transparency Programme in seven African countries.
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The politics of development
ODI facilitated a 1.5 day training workshop on key issues in development for the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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El Salvador's progress on governance: Negotiation, political inclusion and post-war transition
Dan Harris and Marta ForestiPart of the Development Progress Stories series, this research focuses on El Salvador's progress in developing a system of governance whereby politics is contested at the ballot box rather than through violent means. -
Indonesia's progress on governance: State cohesion and strategic institutional reform
Part of the Development Progress Stories series, this research focuses on Indonesia's transformation from a highly militarised and centralised authoritarian state into a relatively open, stable democratic and decentralised one.