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Debating Empowerment: Men’s Views of Women’s Access to Work in Public Spaces in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

In the aftermath of the 2005 earthquake that struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir an unprecedented number of development actors...

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

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.

Interrogating Decentralisation in Africa

Published by: IDS

What are the smaller stories hidden within the larger trends on governance in Africa, and to what extent has decentralisation affected change in these areas? What are the factors that keep local government reforms from achieving more complete outcomes?

Introduction: Interrogating Decentralisation in Africa

Published by: IDS

Decentralisation is a major policy item across many emerging African democracies. However, repeated waves of local government reforms...

Étude de Cas 4 : Autorités Traditionnelles et Religieuses dans la Gouvernance Locale au Mali

This case study analyses traditional and religious authorities in local governance within Mali.

Analysing Informal Local Governance Institutions: Practical Guidelines

Published by: SDC/IDS/Helvetas/swisspeace

The objective of this analytical framework is to support a politically informed and context-tuned analysis of a particular range of non-state institutions involved in local governance processes.

Opening Governance

Published by: IDS

This Bulletin hopes to rescue the transformative potential of the project of opening up governance relationships and processes to instil fairer power dynamics among and between citizens and their states.

When Does the State Listen?

Published by: IDS

A look at four cases of key historical policies in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania to examine how states engage with citizen voices.

When Does the State Listen?

Published by: IDS

A look at four cases of key historical policies in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania to examine how states engage with citizen voices.

The Boundary Within: equality, hierarchy, and exclusion in Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Many inhabitants of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) hold the belief that their society is not only more egalitarian today than that of...