Action for Empowerment and Accountability Programme: Recent submissions
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Collective Silence and Accountability for Sexual Harassment in Lebanon
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-09-21)This article aims to analyse law and policy on sexual harassment in Lebanon, particularly how meaningful change can be achieved for women living there who face increased vulnerability due to their status as refugees and ... -
Accountability with Teeth
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-09-21)Universities worldwide have had policies to combat sexual harassment since the 1980s. Nonetheless, having policies in place does not mean that universities are held accountable for the safety of their students, nor does ... -
Glossary: Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives
(Institute of Development Studies, 2020-09-21)This is the glossary for IDS Bulletin 51.2 'Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives’'. -
Contested Terrain: International Development Projects and Countervailing Power for the Excluded
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-09)Conventional international development project approaches to enable participation of the excluded often fall short of building countervailing power, which is key for accountability. This study analyzes possible exceptions ... -
Dilemmas of Representation: Women in Pakistan’s Assemblies
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-05-05)Recognizing constraints Pakistani women legislators face despite their entry into politics on a 17 per cent quota in national and provincial assemblies, it is time to rethink how quotas can lead to their political ... -
Women’s Economic Empowerment and Political Accountability in Mali
(IDS, 2020-04-17)This working paper focuses on the relationship between women’s economic empowerment and forms of political engagement and accountability. It draws from the findings of a larger report, commissioned by Oxfam America, to ... -
How Do Donor-led Empowerment and Accountability Activities Take Scale into Account? Evidence from DFID Programmes in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence
(IDS, 2020-04-03)Development donors invest significantly in governance reform, including in contexts characterised by conflict and fragility. However, there is relatively little comparative study of their change strategies, and little ... -
How Do World Bank Projects Commit to Citizen Engagement?
(IDS, 2020-03-19)The World Bank provides one of the world’s largest sources of international development funding, in 2019 committing US$62.3bn in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to governments and private businesses. The ... -
Governance Diaries: An Approach to Governance Research from the Ground Up
(IDS, 2020-02-14)Research on empowerment and accountability tends to focus on collective action and its potential for empowering citizens undertaking the action and on achieving state accountability. In fragile, conflict and violence-affected ... -
Eleven Recommendations for Working on Empowerment and Accountability in Fragile, Conflict or Violence-Affected Settings
(IDS, 2020-02-11)There has been growing concern about the challenges faced by donors and development organisations working in contexts that are increasingly fragile, highly volatile and insecure. In such conditions, the first instinct of ... -
Empowerment and Accountability in Difficult Settings: What Are We Learning?
(IDS, 2019)Empowerment and accountability have long been part of the international development vocabulary and a core part of governance, social development and civil society programmes. Yet, much of what has been learnt about these ... -
Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)Estimates suggest that by 2030, about half of the world’s poor will live in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence, all of which exacerbate the difficulties faced by poor and marginalised people, particularly in ... -
Notes on Contributors: Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 50.3, 'Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases'. -
Introduction: Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)Conflict, violence, and fragility exacerbate the difficulties faced by poor and marginalised people, particularly in influencing the policy decisions that affect their lives. Comparing five cases in conflict-affected ... -
Myanmar’s Top-Down Transition: Challenges for Civil Society
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This article historicises the nature of political transition in Myanmar to better appreciate the challenges faced by civil society. After Myanmar’s political reforms in 2011, Western donors rushed into the country in support ... -
Youth-Led Anti-Corruption Movement in Post-Conflict Guatemala: ‘Weaving the Future’?
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This article examines youth-led anti-corruption protests in Guatemala in 2015, which contributed to the resignation of the president and vice-president. It outlines three key factors that were part of the initial success ... -
Empowerment without Accountability? The Lawyers’ Movement in Pakistan and its Aftershocks
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This case study on the Pakistan Lawyers’ Movement and its aftermath aims to add to our knowledge of judicial empowerment processes, particularly the role of lawyers in mobilising for an independent judiciary, and the ... -
Localising National Accountability Claims in Fragile Settings: The Right to Food Campaign in India
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)How does a national movement go local in places with multiple armed actors, simultaneously retaining credibility at the grass roots, while making claims and negotiating with the state? This article explores how a rights-based ... -
Civilian Action in Conflict Settings: The Case of Colombia
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This article analyses how social and political action among civilians during violent conflict may affect efforts to sustain peace and strengthen peace-building processes in the post-conflict period. The main argument ... -
Glossary: Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases
(Institute of Development Studies, 2019-09-27)This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin 50.3, 'Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases'.