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Analysing South Africa's 2014 election results
Institute for Security Studies, 2014This policy brief interrogates the South African 2014 national and provincial elections results, focusing on the implications of the results for the three largest political parties: the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).DocumentHow do governments become great?
United Nations University, 2013Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: ‘how do governments become great?’.DocumentEngaging communities: evaluating social accountability in school feeding programmes
Home Grown School Feeding, 2011This paper addresses the question of how implementers of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) systems can create and operationalise feedback systems between communities, governments and external partners to ensure programmes are meeting communities’ needs.DocumentA fine balance: mapping cyber (in)security in Latin America
Igarape Institute, 2012Cyber-security is emerging as a dominant area of concern amongst many governments and civil societies across Latin America. Although the existence of cyberspace is already generating a massive evolution in all aspects of life, it is extending the reach of organised crime across time and space.DocumentAfter the storm: Haiti’s coming food crisis
Igarape Institute, 2012The 2012 hurricane season generated profound impacts on Haiti’s population by reducing food security and limiting basic service provision. This paper highlights a number of possible entry-points to mitigate future risks of hunger.DocumentIs tourism Haiti’s magic bullet: an empirical treatment of Haiti’s tourism potential
Igarape Institute, 2013This study highlights some of the challenges facing tourism in Haiti. The paper notes that the Haitian government has elevated tourism to the top of its development agenda, yet prospects for success are uncertain.DocumentNew technologies for improving old public security challenges in Nairobi
Igarape Institute, 2014This paper maps out the digital environment shaping public security in selected informal settlements of Nairobi. In particular, the paper considers the diverse ways in which information communication technologies (ICTs) are being adopted by Kenyan police in informal settlements.DocumentThe underside of political settlements: violence in Egypt and Kenya
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014Understanding political settlements is important for addressing and mitigating violence. This policy briefing is based on case studies from Egypt and Kenya which confirm that political settlements that only focus on formal actors and spaces at the national level are crucially flawed.DocumentRoots and routes of political violence in Kenya’s civil and political society: A case study of Marsabit County
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014Struggles to influence the balance of power and the distribution of economic resources in Kenya have a long history of violence: national and local, actual and threatened, physical and psychological.