The BRICS in International Development
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
This book offers a comprehensive comparative perspective on the increasingly significant development cooperation activities of the...
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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
This book offers a comprehensive comparative perspective on the increasingly significant development cooperation activities of the...
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
Equity and inclusion are key issues for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), given its strong commitment to the...
Published by: SDC-IDS
This document presents a set of principles and general guidelines for designing and monitoring social accountability processes, paying...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Accelerating progress towards the goal of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 is an essential component of equitable, sustainable and resilient development. 60 per cent of all deaths are caused by chronic health conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, which disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities with limited access to vital health services.
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?
Published by: IDS
This study was conducted as part of the Citizen Engagement Programme (Programa Cidadania e Participação (CEP)) in Mozambique – an empowerment and social accountability initiative to improve the quality of education and health services by increasing citizens’ influence on the management of schools and health units, the formulation of education and health policies, and the provision of education and health services.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This issue of the IDS Bulletin developed out of a workshop held at IDS, 19–21 July 2017, entitled ‘Unpicking Power and Politics for...
Published by: IDS
This issue of the IDS Bulletin is based around three principal themes that emerged from the workshop as needing particular attention. First, the nature of accountability politics ‘in time’ and the cyclical aspects of efforts towards accountability for health equity. Second, the contested politics of ‘naming’ and measuring accountability, and the intersecting dimensions of marginalisation and exclusion that are missing from current debates. Third, the shifting nature of power in global health and new configurations of health actors, social contracts, and the role of technology.
Published by: Cebrap
This paper explores the implications of this for international policy diffusion in the age of "universal" development envisaged by the UN's Agenda 2030.