Russia’s National Security Narrative: All Quiet on the Eastern Front
This paper explores how the war in Ukraine has cemented the Russian-Chinese for the foreseeable future. While focusing all of…
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Will France’s Africa Policy Hold Up?
This paper examines how while Macron’s pivot has created new political space for France-Africa engagement on more equal footing, the…
How Malaysian Politics Shaped Chinese Real Estate Deals and Economic Development
This paper examines how a high-end real estate development that caters to Chinese entrepreneurs became caught up in divisive Malaysian…
How Do Donor-led Empowerment and Accountability Activities Take Scale into Account? Evidence from DFID Programmes in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence
This paper explores the strategies of six recent DFID-funded programmes in Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan with empowerment and accountability aims.…
How Do World Bank Staff Perceive the Institutional Environment for Building Citizen Engagement into Projects?
How do World Bank staff perceive institutional opportunities and bottlenecks for undertaking citizen engagement (CE) as part of projects? The…
Picturing Accountability: What We Learned from the Photography of the Rana Plaza Disaster
Visual evidence can be a powerful part of strategies for pursuing accountability and social justice, and with the means of…
Governing COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Realities and Reflections to Build Forward Better
This report documents how COVID-19 in Bangladesh was managed in its first year. It aims to identify lessons both for…
Grievance Redress Mechanisms in the Public Sector: A Literature Review
Grievance redress mechanisms (GRMs) in the public sector are institutionalized processes designed to enable people to complain about and seek…
Bottom-up Accountability in Uganda: Learning from People-centered, Multi-level Health Advocacy Campaigns
Uganda’s laws, policies and health sector strategies codify openings for in planning and monitoring government services, yet these spaces are…
in Latin America’s Supreme Audit Institutions: Progress or Impasse?
This working paper provides an overview of in external auditing in Latin America.