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Working Paper
1 March 2018
The Relationship between Perceptions of Inequality and Political Participation: The Case of the Western Balkans
Published by: IDS
This paper discusses how disparities and in particular perceptions of inequality may have influenced political participation in Western Balkans over the last years. The arrival of the international crisis in the last quarter of 2008 has had not only economic but also significant political consequences on the region.
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.
Journal Article
15 September 2014
Connecting Citizens to the State: Informal Local Governance Institutions in the Western Balkans
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Local informal governance institutions that play an active role in promoting citizen participation in decision making at the municipal level exist all over the Western Balkans, and especially in the countries of the ex-Yugoslav state. However, systematic empirical research on these is limited.
Publication
1 January 2013
Citizen Participation and Local Community Organisations in the Western Balkans
Published by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Commissioned for the SDC-funded study of the political economy of decentralisation in the Western Balkans
Past Event
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Exit Strategies and Lessons Learned: From the Balkans to Afghanistan
Richard Caplan, Director of the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, discussed exit strategies and lessons learned from the Balkans to Afghanistan.
Working Paper
1 January 2006
Budget Analysis and Policy Advocacy: The Role of Non-Governmental Public Action
Published by: IDS
This paper examines the impact and significance of independent budget analysis and advocacy initiatives that are designed to improve budget transparency and the poverty focus of government expenditure priorities. It draws on case study research of six budget groups in Brazil, Croatia, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda, which include non-governmental organisations, research institutions and social movements.