Understanding Accountability in Practice: Obligations, Scrutiny, and Consequences
Attempting to increase authorities' accountability for their actions has become a mainstay of development practice in recent decades....
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Attempting to increase authorities' accountability for their actions has become a mainstay of development practice in recent decades....
While much is known about how citizens mobilize and make claims for accountability in more democratic, stable, and peaceful settings,...
It is increasingly common for international development actors to work in difficult and fragile settings, yet much of our understanding...
How do poor and marginalized people solve problems and claim rights and entitlements in places affected by conflict and where state...
Published by: Wiley
In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...
Published by: Wiley
Fragility and closing civic space present significant challenges for research, making research processes more onerous and difficult,...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper draws on evidence from the Action for Empowerment and Accountability (A4EA) research programme to show how women express their political agency and activism and seek accountability in repressive contexts.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
How and under what conditions does citizen-led social and political action contribute to empowerment and accountability? What are the...
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...
There is much hype and attention given to new models of development programming that are iterative, adaptive and politically grounded...