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Working Paper

1 June 2017

Innovative Methods for Research on Social and Political Action in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings

Published by: IDS

Fragile and conflict-affected settings present particular challenges for researchers seeking to study the effect of social and political action (SPA). These challenges are not simply due to prevalent violence and conflict, but contexts of insecurity can restrict the flow of information, key actors can be hard to identify, and if information can be found, vital pieces of the picture may be missing.

Shandana Khan Mohmand
Shandana Khan Mohmand & 4 others
Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA)
Project

Pathways to Accountability Bargains (part of the A4EA research programme)

This research theme, under the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) Research Programme, is concerned with the following question: how can stable and inclusive political settlements (among elites) and a just social contract (between elites and different social groups) emerge that are based on accountable and responsive institutions?

Latest work
Can transparency make extractive industries more accountable?
Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Pakistan
Working Paper

4 August 2016

Integrating Informal Institutions in Local Governance: Does it Matter?

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

In this paper we add to the literature on ‘informally institutionalised’ relationships between states and citizens by examining the case of a particular type of informal institution – Mjesna Zajednica (MZ) – that operates across the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Shandana Khan Mohmand
Shandana Khan Mohmand
The Governance of Service Delivery Bosnia and Herzegovina
Working Paper

9 May 2016

Informal Local Governance Institutions: What They Do and Why They Matter

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

There is growing scholarly and policy awareness of the fact that public authority is rarely exercised only by the state. In fact, a host of actors and institutions exercise authority over and regulate the everyday life of local populations across large parts of the world, with important implications for public policy.

Shandana Khan Mohmand
Shandana Khan Mohmand
The Governance of Service Delivery Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Central and South Asia Croatia Kosovo Macedonia Non-OECD Europe Serbia and Montenegro Sub Saharan Africa
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