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Understanding Governance from the Margins: What Does It Mean In Practice?
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
What does governance look like ‘from below’ – from the perspectives of poor and marginalised households? How do patterns of...
Navigating Civic Space in a Time of Covid: Synthesis Report
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Since long before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, civic space has been changing all over the globe, generally becoming more...
Governance and Building Back Better
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The pandemic is in many ways a crisis of governance. Its magnitude and mitigation are determined by the nature of policy responses and crisis management by leaders and governments, and existing socioeconomic inequality has led to a disproportionate impact on some groups.
How Do Donor-led Empowerment and Accountability Activities Take Scale into Account? Evidence from DFID Programmes in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Development donors invest significantly in governance reform, including in contexts characterised by conflict and fragility. However, there is relatively little comparative study of their change strategies, and little understanding of what works and why. This paper explores the strategies of six recent DFID-funded programmes in Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan with empowerment and accountability aims.
Navigating Civic Space in a Time of Covid-19
The Navigating Civic Space in a Time of Covid project examined patterns of changing civic space and civic action in Mozambique, Nigeria...
Learning with SPARK
Learning with SPARK was an innovative action learning partnership between the Institute of Development Studies, the Accountability...
Perceptions of Value Added Tax Filing and Invoicing Compliance in Ethiopia: The Case of Three Federal Branch Offices in Addis Ababa
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
African governments are increasingly seeking to improve tax compliance in the pursuit of domestic revenue sources. Despite this trend,...
Governance at the Margins: Exploring Marginalised Groups’ Engagement with Public Authorities (A4EA)
When citizens and communities in fragile settings don't engage with public authorities to solve their governance issues, what do they...
Unpacking Donor Action (A4EA)
How is social and political action for empowerment and accountability enabled and supported by donors working in specific fragile,...