Frontier Territories: Countering the Green Revolution Legacy in the Brazilian Cerrado
Published by: IDS
Brazil is recognised as a world leader in the production of agri-food commodities in large, highly mechanised farms, but also as a...
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Published by: IDS
Brazil is recognised as a world leader in the production of agri-food commodities in large, highly mechanised farms, but also as a...
How do poor and marginalized people solve problems and claim rights and entitlements in places affected by conflict and where state...
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...
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.
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...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In this paper, we explore the use of a governance diaries methodology to investigate poor households’ interactions with authority in fragile, conflict and violence-affected settings in Mozambique.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This study examines Mozambican popular music to investigate three questions on empowerment and accountability. Our focus is on the protest song, conceived as those musical products that are concerned with public affairs, particularly public policy and how it affects citizens’ social, political and economic life, and the relationship between citizens and the state.
This report analyses the implications for development of the recent wave of closures of civic space that has primarily affected human...
Published by: Cebrap
Inequality is a key political issue of our times. It has political consequences, fuelling conflict and raising legitimacy challenges for...
This report on Brazil is one of a set of four country case studies designed to study the implications of closing civic space for the...