28 February 2023
Repertoires of Citizen Action in Hybrid Settings
Published by: Wiley
In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...
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28 February 2023
Published by: Wiley
In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...
24 November 2022
Aid agencies that support public accountability reforms commonly do so in the same places, and with similar state and civil society...
22 October 2022
It is increasingly common for international development actors to work in difficult and fragile settings, yet much of our understanding...
17 May 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Multiple aid agencies often try to support change in the same places, at the same time, and with similar actors. Surprisingly, their interactions and combined effects are rarely explored.
10 May 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Multiple aid agencies often try to support change in the same places, at the same time, and with similar actors. Surprisingly, their interactions and combined effects are rarely explored.
22 February 2022
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
How and under what conditions does citizen-led social and political action contribute to empowerment and accountability? What are the...
1 October 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international data set on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots.
1 September 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Energy protests are becoming increasingly common and significant around the world. While in the global North concerns tend to centre around climate issues, in the global South the concerns are more often with affordable energy. Both types of protests, however, have one issue in common: the undemocratic nature of energy policymaking.
3 April 2020
Development donors invest significantly in governance reform, including in contexts characterised by conflict and fragility. However, there is relatively little comparative study of their change strategies, and little understanding of what works and why. This paper explores the strategies of six recent DFID-funded programmes in Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan with empowerment and accountability aims.
19 March 2020
The World Bank provides one of the world’s largest sources of international development funding, in 2019 committing US$62.3bn in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to governments and private businesses.