What Makes “Difficult” Settings Difficult? Contextual Challenges for Accountability
It is increasingly common for international development actors to work in difficult and fragile settings, yet much of our understanding...
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It is increasingly common for international development actors to work in difficult and fragile settings, yet much of our understanding...
Aid agencies that support public accountability reforms commonly do so in the same places, and with similar state and civil society...
Published by: Wiley
In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Multiple aid agencies often try to support change in the same places, at the same time, and with similar actors. Surprisingly, their interactions and combined effects are rarely explored.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Multiple aid agencies often try to support change in the same places, at the same time, and with similar actors. Surprisingly, their interactions and combined effects are rarely explored.
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
Between 2005 and 2018, 41 countries had at least one riot directly associated with popular demand for fuel. We make use of a new international data set on fuel riots to explore the effects of fuel prices and price regimes on fuel riots.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Energy protests are becoming increasingly common and significant around the world. While in the global North concerns tend to centre around climate issues, in the global South the concerns are more often with affordable energy. Both types of protests, however, have one issue in common: the undemocratic nature of energy policymaking.
In 2014, the World Bank launched its Strategic Framework for Mainstreaming Citizen Engagement in World Bank Group Operations. This sets...
As well as recognising the need to work in more adaptive and less linear ways, increasingly people working to generate greater...