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From Vice to Virtue? Civil War and Social Capital in Uganda 1 Jan 2012 | 09:00 am
What is the impact of civil war on social networks? How does violence affect trust? This paper explores the legacy of civil war by analysing the impact of the Ugandan armed conflict on social capital....
The Law's Majestic Equality? The Distributive Impact of Litigating Social and Economic Rights 1 Jan 2012 | 09:00 am
Optimism about the use of laws, constitutions, and rights to achieve social change is high among practitioners. But the academic literature is sceptical that courts can direct resources toward the poo...
From Vice to Virtue? Civil War and Social Capital in Uganda 1 Jan 2012 | 09:00 am
What is the impact of civil war on social networks? How does violence affect trust? This paper explores the legacy of civil war by analysing the impact of the Ugandan armed conflict on social capital....
The Law's Majestic Equality? The Distributive Impact of Litigating Social and Economic Rights 1 Jan 2012 | 09:00 am
Optimism about the use of laws, constitutions, and rights to achieve social change is high among practitioners. But the academic literature is sceptical that courts can direct resources toward the poo...
Social Protection, Efficiency and Growth 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
This paper considers the evidence on the cost of social protection to reduce poverty, and its contribution to efficiency and growth. It finds that social protection is one mechanism for making growth ...
Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
Why do some countries remain fragile states? How can they get out of what is known as 'the fragility trap'? The study suggests that three features – political instability and violence, insecure proper...
Inclusive Elite Bargains and the Dilemma of Unproductive Peace: a Zambian case study 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
This paper offers a theoretical framework of elite bargains and draws on the case of Zambia to show that the priorities of peacebuilding can conflict with those of economic development. In Zambia, eli...
Political Economy Studies: Are They Actionable? Some Lessons from Zambia 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
This paper examines political economy diagnostics carried out in Zambia and their influence on the World Bank's support to programmes in that country. It concludes that, while PE analyses are valuable...
The ICC and Community-Level Reconciliation: In-country Perspectives 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
What impact do International Criminal Court (ICC) interventions have on community-level reconciliation processes? How can the capacity of African organisations be enhanced to promote community-level r...
Gender and Citizenship at the Grassroots: Assessing the Effect of NGO Initiatives in Social Mobilization and Political Empowerment in Kenya and Bangla... 1 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm
Can participation in associations and civil society initiatives reduce gender inequality? This study assesses the extent to which social mobilisation and political empowerment initiatives led by NGOs ...
