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Commissions of Inquiry in Plateau State, Nigeria

Published by: IDS

Nigeria’s Plateau State has been the scene of inter-community violence since the 1990s, involving several clashes in the city of Jos that took many lives within a matter of days. Between 1997 and 2014 different Commissions of Inquiry (COIs) were established to investigate specific episodes of violence and come up with recommendations to resolve the violence. Recommendations were rarely, if at all, followed. Specifically, the recommendation to the government to investigate and prosecute perpetrators and instigators of violence has not been implemented.

Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings. What Works and Under What Conditions? The Case of Institutions for Inclusive Development, Tanzania

Published by: Itad

Adaptive Management involves a dynamic interaction between three elements: delivery, programming and governance. This case study focuses...

Beyond Tweets and Screams: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Nigeria – The Case of the #BBOG Movement

This paper explores the nature, role and dynamics of new forms of social and political action as pathways to empowerment and accountability in fragile conflict- and violence-affected settings in Africa through an in-depth analysis of the case of the Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) movement in Nigeria and a multi-methods approach.

The Case for an Adaptive Approach to Empowerment and Accountability Programming in Fragile Settings

Published by: Itad

Fragile, conflict and violence-affected settings (FCVAS) are messy and ambiguous contexts in which to plan and implement development...

Empowering Women Politicians in Pakistan: Views from Within

Published by: IDS

Women parliamentarians and local legislators in Pakistan still face a significant uphill battle to establish or deepen their political careers, despite recent gains such as the Election Law 2017 which mandated parties to issue 5 per cent of their tickets for general seats to women.

How Does the World Bank Build Citizen Engagement Commitments into Project Design?

How and to what degree is the World Bank putting its new institutional citizen engagement commitments into practice? This question guides an independent assessment that the Accountability Research Center at American University has undertaken as part of the Institute of Development Studies-led Action for Empowerment and Accountability research programme’s investigation into how external actors can best support local processes of and conditions for empowerment and accountability.