Managing the Born-free Generation: Zimbabwe’s Strategies for Dealing with the Youth
A number of governments on the African continent have their roots in liberation struggles. In countries like Zimbabwe, Mozambique,...
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A number of governments on the African continent have their roots in liberation struggles. In countries like Zimbabwe, Mozambique,...
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.
This report analyses the implications for development of the recent wave of closures of civic space that has primarily affected human...
This report on Zimbabwe is one of a set of four country case studies designed to study the implications of closing civic space for the...
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
Networked, transnational forms of violence pose a significant threat to peace and security in a number of sub-Saharan African countries....
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
Despite the end of the civil war in 2005, many people in South Sudan continued to experience a deep sense of insecurity due to the many...
Published by: IDS
Globally, governments, development agencies, and inter-governmental institutions have invested heavily in skills-building interventions...
Published by: IDS
What does closing civic space mean for development? Aid donors are concerned about the implications of restrictions on civil society for their partners and programmes, but to date there has been little clarity about what this means for development.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In recent years, funding for youth employment interventions has rapidly increased. However, there is limited to no evidence that interventions that build skills and knowledge lead to sustained employment and increased earnings.
Published by: IDS
How do popular protests about the basics of everyday life, specifically about energy, come about in settings where political authority is fragmented and conflict and repression common? How do state and political actors respond to protests which disrupt social and economic life, and undermine public authority? To what extent do such mass protests, often justified as inherently moral struggles over the basics of everyday life, empower the powerless or hold the powerful to account in such political settings? And how do external actors shape these events?