Institute of Development Studies

Governance Team

Governance Team members work in collaboration with scholars and institutional partners in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe on issues of public authority and state capacity, security and peace-building. We aspire as a Team to produce cutting edge, policy oriented research on governance seen as multi-level and networked, operating at transnational, national and local levels. Our research revolves around core themes of:

• Public authority and state capacity
• Collective action and social accountability
• Conflict management, security and peace-building
• Political and fiscal challenges of extractive economies
• Global governance
• Developing and teaching research methodologies relating to governance

For further information, please contact:
Team Administrative Coordinator: Caroline Martin
Team Leader: Fiona Wilson

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28 Apr 10 An Upside Down View of Governance

05 Jan 10 International Development dates for 2010

30 Oct 09 Breaking the oil curse in the Niger Delta

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Latest Team Publications »

• Houtzager, P. and Acharya, A. (forthcoming) 'Associations, Active Citizenship, and the Quality of Democracy in Brazil and Mexico', Theory and Society
• Melo, M, Ng'ethe, N and Manor, J. (forthcoming) Against the Odds: Politicians, Institutions and the Struggle against Poverty
• Leonard, D (2010) 'Markets, Basic Services and Poor People', IDS In Focus Policy Briefing Special issue, Brighton: IDS
• Bagayoko, N. (2010) 'Security Systems in Francophone Africa', IDS Research Report 64, Brighton: IDS
• Prichard, W (2010) 'Taxation and State Building: Towards a Governance Focused Tax Reform Agenda', IDS Working Paper 341, Brighton: IDS