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  Citizen-generated data and sustainable development: evidence from case studies in Kenya and Uganda

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

  In both Kenya and Uganda, the development data and information landscape has changed significantly over recent years. Officials, civil society and the private sector are stepping up efforts to harness existing and new data sources to support decision-making and accountability for sustainable development.
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  Interrogating Decentralisation in Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

  This issue of the Open Access IDS Bulletin examines the impact of decentralisation at the local level through detailed case studies of five countries – Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. The issue deals with all three of the main aims for decentralisation reforms in Africa: improved service delivery, democracy and participation, and a reduction in central government expenditure.
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  Do electoral handouts affect voting behavior?

  Afrobarometer, 2017

  The literature on vote-buying often assumes a complete transaction of cash for votes. While there is ample evidence that candidates target certain voters with cash handouts, it is unclear whether these actually result in higher turnout and vote shares for the distributing party.
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  The East African energy frontier, a decade on

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  The East Africa region has seen some of the decade’ s largest natural gas and energy finds. However, despite their magnitude, these discoveries have yet to fulfil the promise of social and economic progress.
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  Violent extremism in Africa: public opinion from the Sahel, Lake Chad, and the Horn

  Afrobarometer, 2016

  Over the past two decades, the threat posed by violent extremist groups that espouse fundamentalist religious narratives has grown substantially across Africa (Hallowanger, 2014).
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  When refugees cannot return home: A conflict conundrum in Africa’s Great Lakes region

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2016

  The large number of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Great Lakes region poses immense challenges to peacebuilding processes within the countries affected, as well as in that entire conflict system. An influx of refugees impacts peace and security, citizenship considerations, as well as cross-border and ethnic confl icts, among others.
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  Women as agents of change in water: reflections on experiences from the field

  UN Women, 2015

  The Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) currently includes 26 women’s networks covering around 100 countries, predominantly in the developing world.
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  The power of perceptions: elites, opinion polling, and the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa

  University of Sussex, UK, 2013

  This thesis examines the impact of the recent introduction of public opinion polling on the quality of elections in sub-Saharan Africa to understand why it has contributed to greater transparency and representativeness in some context and not in others.
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  Effectiveness of community-led security mechanisms in urban Eastern Africa: a research agenda

  Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, 2015

  In many African states, even in those states not afflicted by conflicts from the beginning, in reality, the state never managed to impose a monopoly on security. Moreover, in many cases the African states never developed ‘public’ security systems to protect all citizens without discrimination. The public police remained largely in the service of the elite in power.
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  Annotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizenship formation: towards increased state capacity and legitimacy?

  Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012

  Policymakers and academics agree that an effective state is the foundation for inclusive development, whilst also recognising the critical role of non-state actors in the delivery of goods and services to poor people.

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