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MQSUN Inception Report and Design Document: Impact Evaluation of the DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh, Phase II

Published by: Maximising the Quality of Scaling up Nutrition (MQSUN)

This Inception Report presents the objectives, design, expected outputs and governance of the Department for International Development (DFID)-funded MQSUN project, entitled ‘Impact Evaluation of the DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh’.

Making the Urban Poor Safer: Lessons from Nairobi and Maharashtra

Published by: IDS

The most impoverished neighbourhoods of Nairobi and Mumbai are characterised by severe lack of service provision, poor access to employment opportunities and urban violence.

Unemployment, Service Provision and Violence Reduction Policies in Urban Maharashtra

Published by: IDS

This report analyses the relationship between violence and economic vulnerability among urban populations in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

How Do Endemic Riots Affect Poor Urban Households? New Data From India

Published by: IDS

Policy Brief 4 emerging from the ESRC- DfID funded project "Agency and Governance in the Context of Civil Conflict"

Institutions, Mobilisation and Rebellion in Post-Colonial Societies

Published by: HiCN

This HiCN Working Paper revisits the simultaneous equations model of rebellion, mobilisation, grievances and repression proposed by Gurr and Moore (1997). Its main contribution is to clarify and improve on the underlying identification strategy and to emphasise the role played by the institutional environment.

Households Amidst Urban Riots: The Economic Consequences of Civil Violence in India

Published by: IDS

Published as part of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) series, the objective of this paper is to uncover the determinants of riot victimisation in India. The analysis is based on a unique survey collected by the authors in March-May 2010 in Maharashtra.

Preference-Matching and Violent Ethnic Conflict: The Heterogeneous Impact of Fiscal Decentralisation on Local Majorities and Local Minorities

Fiscal decentralization is widely proposed as an efficient means to accommodate ethnic violence. Yet while most of the econometric cross-country studies supports this view, case studies offer mixed results. The main argument in favour of fiscal decentralization is that by politically and fiscally empowering the local communities, these are enabled to allocate public spending in a way that is closer to their preferences.

Essays on Fiscal Decentralization, Institutions and Ethnic Conflict

Over the past several decades, civil conflicts have constituted one of the major concerns of scholars in the field of political violence. Recent tragedies, such as the bloody wars in ex-Yugoslavia and Rwanda, have contributed to a high degree of attention being paid both by scholars and the public to the issue of ethnopolitical rebellion.

Civil Violence in Maharashtra: Micro-Level Foundations and Welfare Consequences

Published by: Chronic Poverty Research Centre

Published by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this paper was presented at the 'Ten Years of War against Poverty' Conference in Manchester, UK on the 8 -10 September 2010.

Civil Violence in India: Micro-Level Foundations and Welfare Consequences

Published by: HiCN

Paper read at Ten Years of War against Poverty: What Have We Learned Since 2000 and What Should We Do 2010-2020?, 8-10th September, at Manchester, UK. It was produced as part of the The Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC). This was an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs, which completed its ten-year programme in 2011