Impact Initiative: Recent submissions
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From Shape Shifting to Collusion in Violence: An Ethnography of Informal Relationships Between Bangladeshi Members of Parliament and Their Constituents
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019)Based on an ethnography of relationships between members of Parliament (MPs) and their constituents in Bangladesh, this article shows how social and political relationships are entangled and performed, and how MPs are ... -
Parliament and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Role of the MP
(SAGE, 2019)This article explores the role of Members of Parliament (MPs) in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. Under the existing party-dominated parliamentary system, MPs do not have really much to do at the national level; their ... -
Alangkar or Ahangkar? Reserved-Seat Women Members in the Bangladesh Parliament
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)This chapter investigates the role of reserved-seat women parliamentarians in Bangladesh—those elected indirectly to the parliament, now numbering 50, using the notions of descriptive representation and substantive ... -
Parliament, Public Engagement and Legislation in Bangladesh: a Case Study of Domestic Violence Act of 2010
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This paper examines the process of enactment of the domestic violence bill in Bangladesh. One of the distinctive features of the bill, passed in 2010, was that it originated in civil society and widespread public engagement ... -
Ethnographies of Parliament: Culture and Uncertainty in Shallow Democracies
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to consider the challenges, advantages and limits of ethnographical approaches to the study of parliament. Challenges in the study of political institutions emerge because they can be fast-changing, ... -
‘Lobby Fodder or Fearless Champions?’ The Role of Backbenchers in Holding Government to Account
(Springer, 2018)What is the role and function of a backbench MP, and are there differences in approach in different legislative systems? What shapes their scrutiny role and work, and how are these factors affected by constitutional, ... -
Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Phone Experiment in Niger?
(Elsevier, 2019)Teacher absenteeism is an important obstacle to sustained learning gains in many developing countries. We report the results from a randomized evaluation of an adult education program in Niger, which included an additional ... -
Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual: Workers' Views on Multi-stakeholder Initiatives in Bangladesh
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Institute of Social Studies, 2020)The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of stakeholders to take action to prevent future ... -
Multi-stakeholder Initiatives in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza: Global Norms and Workers' Perspectives
(London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2019)The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in April, 2013 resulting in the death and injury of more than 2000 workers from the country’s export garment industry was one of the worst industrial disasters in ... -
Foreign Aid, Cashgate and Trusting Relationships Amongst Stakeholders: Key Factors Contributing to (mal) functioning of the Malawian Health System
(Oxford University Press/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2019)Malawi has a long history of receiving foreign aid, both monetary and technical support, for itshealth and other services provision. In the past two decades, foreign aid has increased, with theaim of the country being able ... -
New Forms of Development: Branding Innovative Ideas and Bidding for Foreign Aid in the Maternal and Child Health Service in Nepal
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2018)Nepal has been receiving foreign aid since the early 1950s. Currently, the country’s health care systemis heavily dependent on aid, even for the provision of basic health services to its people. Globally, the mechanismfor ... -
'Narratives of Social Cohesion': Bridging the Link between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language
(University of Johannesburg and Unisa Press, 2018)This paper argues that processes of self -creation are significantly influenced by experiences of schooling, of which language forms a critical aspect. The school is a central site in which ... -
Youth negotiation of citizenship identities in Pakistan: Implications for global citizenship education in conflict-contexts
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)This study explores young students’ negotiation of their citizenship identities at the intersection of their class, gender, religious and ethnic identifications in the conflict-affected setting of Pakistan. While much of ... -
Dynamics of Gender Justice, Conflict and Social Cohesion: Analysing Educational Reforms in Pakistan
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)This paper analyses the role of national level reforms in the school curriculum and initial teacher education in gender justice in conflict-affected Pakistan, using a multidisciplinary framework applied to multiple data ... -
Zones of peace and local peace processes in Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This article examines the issue of peace and restraint within ongoing conflicts. While the vast majority of the literature on civil wars in Africa concentrates on drivers of conflict and instances of violence, there are ... -
Devolution, Shifting Centre-periphery Relationships and Conflict in Northern Kenya
(Elsevier, 2018)This article examines changing patterns of governance characterised by devolution as well as other developments associated with shifting centre-periphery relationships and their influences on conflict in northern Kenya. ... -
Impact of Occupation and Family Burden on Psychological Adjustment in Returning Migrants
(Global Clinical and Translational Research, 2020)Recently, increasing returning migrants in China accompany the massive rural-urban migration, but little information on mental health is available. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2,100 households from seven ... -
Inter- and Intra-household Perceived Relative Inequality Among Disabled and Non-disabled People in Liberia
(PLOS, 2019)Evidence suggests that people with disabilities are the most marginalised and vulnerable group within any population. However, little is known about the extent of inequality between people with and without disabilities in ... -
How Food Secure are South Africa’s Cities?
(Springer, Cham, 2019)Food insecurity in South Africa remains a persistent challenge. Traditionally, food insecurity has been seen as affecting rural areas only, and this perspective had previously informed, and is still informing, policy and ... -
The Planned 'City-region' in the New Urban Agenda: An Appropriate Framing for Urban Food Security?
(Liverpool University Press, 2019)The New Urban Agenda (NUA) sets out a new role for towns and cities across the world, and acknowledges nutritious and adequate food (i.e. urban food security) as an important component of sustainable urban development. In ...