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How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?

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.

Eleven Recommendations for Working on Empowerment and Accountability in Fragile, Conflict or Violence-Affected Settings

Published by: IDS

This brief presents eleven key messages about how to work in contexts with deeply circumscribed spaces. It draws on the experiences and insights of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) programme, gained from supporting local partners in Egypt, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan.

Value Chain Governance, Power and Negative Externalities: What Influences Efforts to Control Pig Diseases in Myanmar?

Livestock diseases are examples of negative externalities that affect livelihoods and health of poor people across the world. We...

Empowerment and Accountability in Difficult Settings: What Are We Learning?

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This report highlights key messages emerging from the work of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability Research Programme (A4EA), and the implications for how donors, policy makers and practitioners support strategies for empowerment and accountability in fragile, conflict and violence affected settings.

A Gender Approach to the Promotion of Productive Uses of Electricity

Published by: IDS

Interventions promoting productive use of electricity (PUE) without gender approaches are more likely to benefit men than women. Men typically own more businesses and operate in a wider range of more productive, electricity‑intensive activities. Gender approaches improve the effectiveness of PUE projects, benefiting both men and women as productive electricity users and increasing electricity suppliers’ financial sustainability.

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...

Development Needs Society – The Implications of Civic Space for the Sustainable Development Goals

This report analyses the implications for development of the recent wave of closures of civic space that has primarily affected human...