Rwanda's Artful Path Toward Peace: Cultural Industries and Post-Conflict...
In my last blog, I wrote about a medium that plays a critical role in post-conflict reconciliation: art. I argued that the cultural industries—film, music, crafts, architecture, and theater, among...
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.All AfricaRwanda: Civil Society Organizations Which Promote Good Governance Rewarded"The Rwanda...
View ArticleHow Can INGOs Improve their Work in Fragile and Conflict States?
There’s nothing like the impending threat of giving a talk to make you mug up on an issue, usually the morning before. Today’s exercise in skating on thin ice (the secret? Keep moving. Fast as...
View ArticleWhat have We Learned about Crisis/Fragile States? Findings of a 5 Year...
Cards on the table, confronted with a closely argued 11 page exec sum, I am unlikely to then read the full report. But the short version of Meeting the Challenges of Crisis States, by James Putzel...
View ArticleFragile States, Fractured Media Systems: Double Trouble?
Happily, improving the lot of fragile states (no matter how they are defined) is an item that keeps racing up the agenda of international development. Sadly, however, when there is so much to repair to...
View ArticleHow to Fix Fragile States? The OECD Reckons it’s All Down to Tax Systems.
‘Over-generous tax exemptions awarded to multinational enterprises often deprive fragile states of potential revenues that could be used to fund their most pressing needs.’ Another broadside from...
View ArticleHow Does Emigration Affect Countries-of-Origin? Paul Collier Kicks Off a...
Take a seat people, you’re in for a treat. Paul Collier kicks off an exchange with Justin Sandefur on that hottest of hot topics, migration. I’ve asked them to focus on the impact on poor countries, as...
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week. The Promise of a New Internet The Atlantic People tend to talk about the Internet the way they talk...
View ArticleIs the Idea of ‘Areas of Limited Statehood’ Useful or Superfluous?
The October 2014 edition of Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions is a special issue on 'areas of limited statehood’. As the overview essay states, the...
View ArticleRethinking research: Systemic approaches to the ethics and politics of...
Recently, Humanity, a peer-reviewed academic journal from the University of Pennsylvania, has been hosting an online symposium on the changing nature of knowledge production in fragile states. In light...
View ArticleCorruption in fragile states: A panel discussion on the intersections of...
Corruption is a global threat to development and democratic rule. It diverts public resources to private interests, leaving fewer resources to build schools, hospitals, roads and other public...
View ArticleThe alchemy of relationships and the production of evidence
This post is by Holly Porter, a visiting fellow at the Department of International Development of the London School for Economics and Political Science and lead researcher for northern Uganda for the...
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.The 2015-16 Alliance for Affordable Internet Affordability Report Alliance for Affordable...
View ArticleTranscending fragility – The importance of inclusive leadership
2016 continues to witness a growing incidence of violent conflict around the world. These conflicts are particularly problematic in the group of 60 countries often referred to as Fragile States. Donor...
View ArticleWeekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Refining advocacy assessment: reflections from practiceODI Efforts to assess advocacy – and thinking...
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