Accountability Failures and the Decentralisation of Service Delivery in Pakistan
Easterly (2003) has succinctly described Pakistan’s 50-year development experience as the paradox of growth without development. This...
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Easterly (2003) has succinctly described Pakistan’s 50-year development experience as the paradox of growth without development. This...
Published by: IDS
Academic literature suggests that development is inherently heteronormative in its narratives, policies and practices: as a result, ‘heterosexuality is normalized, naturalized, and privileged in societies of the global South, in the international development field, and in colonial and post/neo-colonial narratives of the so-called Third World or global South’ (Lind 2010: 7).
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article looks at women's representation in local government in Pakistan, focusing particularly on the introduction of a quota...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The contributions to this IDS Bulletin report on some of the findings from research undertaken under the Social Protection in Asia...
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This article argues that residential insecurity and social marginalisation are closely linked, particularly in communities where housing...
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What accounts for the persistence of hunger and undernutrition in political and administrative systems which might be otherwise...
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This article examines how girls' education since 1995 has emerged as a prominent symbol within the ‘rights’ discourse coming out of...
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This article argues that social transfers as such, are a ‘good thing’. They can alleviate the immediate economic impact of poverty...
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In this article we take a comparative look at strategic opportunities and barriers for action on nutrition in Pakistan's four provinces...
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This article looks at the post‐disaster context of Lower Sindh, a region devastated by super floods in 2010 and 2011, in an attempt to...