Institutional development
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- Integration of traditional and modern governance systems in Africa
- ( UN Economic Commission for Africa , 2007)
- This concept paper focuses on the traditional system of governance in Africa including their consensual decision-making models, as part of a broader effort to better define and advocate their role in ...
- One party dominance weakens the State
- ( J. Sumich;J. Howana / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2007)
- Mozambique has been described as a model of state resilience as the ruling Frelino Party has managed to maintain power through years of economic collapse and civil conflict. This paper explains how a ...
- Subnational governance in Afghanistan
- ( H. Nixon / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2008)
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This working paper presents findings on subnational governance in Afghanistan, including the role that Community Development Councils (CDCs) play at community levels.
The author finds t... - How should Uganda implement justice and reconciliation?
- ( S. Worden / United States Institute of Peace , 2008)
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The Ugandan government and the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) reached agreement on the practical implementation of the Accountability and Reconciliation accord on February 18 2008 but how should Ugand...
- What constitutes ‘a state in the making’?
- ( G. Hesselbein;F. Golooba-Mutebi;J. Putzel / Crisis States Programme, LSE , 2006)
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This paper examines the processes of state reconstruction in Uganda and Rwanda, and the challenge posed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in light of the experience of the stable state in Tanzan...
- Is Sierra-Leone on track for state re-building?
- ( C. Lancaster / Center for Global Development, USA , 2007)
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This document assesses the long-term impact of the 2007 elections in Sierra Leone. It also looks at the broader context of elections in light of poverty, corruption, war and state building.
<... - Elections and legitimate political structures for peace and stability
- ( J. Blanc; A. Hylland; K. Vollan / International Foundation for Election Systems , 2007)
- This paper discusses the role of elections and the structure of the state in post-conflict states. The paper argues that well designed and managed elections can create legitimate political structures ...
- Reconstruction as modernisation in Afghanistan
- ( A. Suhrke / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2006)
- Afghanistan, following years of political turmoil, has been undergoing a massive reconstruction effort since US intervention in 2001. The focus of the development agenda was, as with other cases, on s...
- Media and crisis states
- ( J. Putzel; J. van der Zwan / London School of Economics (=British Library for Political and Economic Science (BLPES)) , 2005)
- This document examines how media policy can be adapted to developing countries affected by crises and war. Based on the outcome of discussions at a workshop, areas the document covers include:...
- Recommendations for improving Afghanistan’s provincial governance structure
- ( S. Lister; H. Nixon / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2006)
- This briefing paper addresses key issues in provincial governance, makes recommendations for making provincial structures more effective and argues for consideration of the overall subnational governa...
