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Public services, security and the legacy of pre-colonial states in Uganda

Project | Feb 2020 - Dec 2023

Public services are essential for development. However, their provision varies greatly across communities within developing countries. Although local ...

Public services, Security, Pre-colonial states, Uganda

Private sector development: The role of education and business training

Project | Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

There is little doubt that private sector development is important for development, and that enabling the poor to become and succeed as entrepreneurs ...

Human capital, Poverty, Entrepreneurship, Bangladesh

Stuck in Transition: Political Corruption as Power Abuse

Book Chapter | Nov 2019

The final chapter summarises some of the findings of the previous country analyses, against the background of the conceptual pair of extractive and power-preserving ...

political corruption, greed, power preservation, crony capitalism, blocked democracy

Manipulating political decentralisation: Africa's Inclusive Autocrats

Book | Jan 2018

Can autocrats establish representative subnational governments? And which strategies of manipulation are available if they would like to reduce the uncertainty ...

Decentralisation -- Africa, Central-local government relations -- Africa, Political participation, Mobilisation, Control, Autocracy, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa

An increasing number of Muslim women in politics: A step towards complementarity, not equality

CMI Brief | May 2018

The number of Muslim women participating in political decision-making in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) is on the rise. This brief explores ...

Women in politics, Peacebuilding in Africa, Complementarity, Sudan

Linking procurement and political economy: a guide

Commissioned Report | Jan 2010

The paper provides advice for practitioners on how to apply political economy tools to improve public procurement processes. At present, there are no ...

Procurement, political economy

Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World

Edited Book | Nov 2016

This book addresses the role that various media have in the shaping and active contestation of particular conflicts and political agendas in the Arab ...

Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991-2001

Book | Jan 2003

Despite the optimistic forecasts in 1991, both the political and economic liberalisation processes in Zambia are today characterised by their partial ...

economic development, economic reform, donors, political development, Zambia

Family Law Reform, Employment, and Women’s Political Participation in Ethiopia

Journal Article | Jun 2019

Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially ...

Ethiopia

Political corruption: An introduction to the issues

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1999

Corruption is generally defined as the misuse of public authority, and political corruption is here defined as corruption in which the political decision-makers ...

political corruption

Living in a material world: Political funding in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-saharan Africa

Master's Thesis | Dec 2011

This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has ...

Political funding, political parties, democracy, electoral authoritarianism, Angola, Uganda

Political transition and economic reform. The role of labour in Zambian national politics

Journal Article | Jan 1993

Political transition and economic reform. The role of labour in Zambian national politics Lise Rakn

Malawi: A Political Economy Analysis

Report in External Series | Jan 2017

This report provides a comprehensive political economy analysis of contemporary Malawi. The country epitomises the primacy of patrimonial politics – ...

Political Parties in Angola

Project | Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

Parliamentary elections will be held in Angola in 2008, as the first elections since 1992. There are now almost 100 political parties registered in Angola, ...

Angola, democratization, political parties

Political Parties in Bangladesh

Report in External Series | Sep 2014

This study provides an overview of the evolution of political parties since the birth of Bangladesh. It analyses and compares the ideology, organisational ...

Political parties, Bangladesh

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States

Book | Jan 2018

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the ...

Institutionalizing the pro-democracy movements: the case of Zambia's movement for multiparty democracy

Journal Article | Nov 2011

In this contribution the challenges of political opposition is addressed through a focus on the problems of institutionalizing parties and party systems ...

democracy, party institutionalization, economic and political liberalization, , sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia

The politics of complexity in Bodoland: the interplay of contentious politics, the production of collective identities and elections in Assam

Journal Article | Jan 2016

The politics of complexity in Bodoland: the interplay of contentious politics, the production of col

Women and the remaking of politics in Southern Africa: Negotiating autonomy, incorporation and representation

Book | Jan 2004

African women have a long history of political involvement. Yet, the fervour with which they participated in anti-colonial struggles and supported national ...

Women, Politics, Women's role, Liberation, Africa: South Africa., Southern Africa

Women in Politics in Malawi

Edited Book | Sep 2016

About two decades ago, in Malawi, the issue of the numbers of women in politics was not newsworthy. Few stakeholders showed any concern about the low ...

Malawi, democratization