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Clientelistic politics and pro-poor targeting: Rules versus discretionary budgetsPart of Journal Special Issue Clientelist Politics and Development
Clientelism Governance TargetingWorking Paper
Frontier governmentalityWe examine whether frontier rule, which disallows frontier residents from recourse to formal institutions of conflict management and disproportionately empowers tribal elites, provides a more fragile basis for maintaining social order in the face of ...
Institutions Governance ConflictWorking Paper
Revisiting community-driven reconstruction in fragile statesCommunity-driven reconstruction (CDR) is an approach to post-war reconstruction that gives discretion to local community councils in establishing priorities and overseeing the implementation of reconstruction and development activities...
Reconstruction Collective action CorruptionWorking Paper
‘Ten pound touts’: post-conflict trust and the legacy of counterinsurgency in Northern IrelandThis paper explores the legacies of wartime rebel governance and counterinsurgency tactics. Insurgents rely on civilian support for resources, information, and cover...
Trust Counterinsurgency Post-conflictWorking Paper
States of disorder: An ecosystems approach to state-building in conflict-affected countriesWhy is the recent track record of state-building so poor?...
Statebuilding Peacebuilding GovernanceWorking Paper
Humanity over economy: biopolitical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in GhanaThis study posits that pandemics should be regarded as complex, open-ended phenomena that cannot be reduced to biology and epidemiology...
COVID-19 Biopolitics State effectivenessWorking Paper
A fiscal approach to the social contract in sub-Saharan African countries: Looking for opportunities to strengthen trust in government and tax compliance by analysing citizens' perception of governanceThe COVID-19 pandemic showed that many developing countries could not respond effectively to crises due to their limited capacity to diversify their social protection responses...
Tax compliance Governance Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Rebel governance during COVID-19: Describing and explaining armed groups’ response to the pandemic in the Middle EastAs COVID-19 spread worldwide, armed groups in control of territory were called to address the health emergency. However, our knowledge in this regard is limited...
Armed conflict COVID-19 Middle East and North AfricaNews
Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino appointed as Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER
Conflict Trust Governance Journal Article
Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firmsIn sub-Saharan Africa, many micro and small enterprises do not (or at least only partially) comply with official rules and regulations...
Governance Transparency LawWorking Paper
Rebel governance and political participationRebels, militias, and criminal groups all govern civilians. Governing strategies adopted by armed groups during civil war likely influence citizens’ post-conflict political participation, with consequences for democratic politics...
Armed conflict Governance Wartime governanceWorking Paper
Governance and COVID-19 in BoliviaOn 10 March 2020, the Bolivian government identified two COVID-19 cases in Bolivians returning from Italy. The national government responded swiftly and sent the country into one of the world’s strictest lockdowns on 22 March 2020...
Bolivia COVID-19 SubnationalJournal Article
Clientelism and governancePart of Journal Special Issue Clientelist Politics and Development
vote-buying Clientelism PoliticsPanel discussion
UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual ConventionUNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...
Journal Article
On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governanceInequality is a major international development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key socioeconomic and political outcomes...
Inequality Growth HealthWorking Paper
Local governance quality and law compliance: The case of Mozambican firmsUsing panel data of manufacturing enterprises in Mozambique between 2012 and 2017, we investigate how changes in perceived quality of governance are related to firms’ law compliance...
Governance Transparency Law