Legitimacy: the dark matter of international development
Aoife McCullough outlines three problems with the way development actors currently seek to improve state legitimacy....
27
Sep
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08
Aug
A systems view to building the capacity of the aid industry to build capacity
Recent research by SLRC called on development agencies to 'build the capacity of the aid industry to develop capacity.' But how can agencies do this in practice? In this post, Rob Ricigliano suggests three actions that development agencies can take to address this question....
25
Jul
Mainstreaming gender in an eight year research project: what we’ve learned
SLRC worked to mainstream gender throughout the first phase of its research. In this post, Dyan Mazurana reflects on what went well, what didn't, and what the Consortium has learned from the experience....
06
Jul
$15bn is spent every year on training, with disappointing results. Why the aid industry needs to rethink ‘capacity building’
Lisa Denney explains why the aid industry needs to rethink capacity building. Read the blog on From Poverty to Power. ...
06
Jul
Six out of seven ain’t bad: reflections from a two wave panel survey in five conflict-affected countries
Rachel Slater reflects on what she's learned from the SLRC survey. ...
22
Jun
Conflict, fragility and recovery: six years of research, three surprises
Read Rachel Slater, Paul Harvey and Richard Mallett's reflections on SLRC's research on the ODI's comment site ...
22
Jun
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Dec
Sanitation work and caste in Sri Lanka
In Jaffna, Sri Lanka, sanitation workers employed by the state all belong to one caste: the Parayar. Here, Aftab Lall argues that the institutionalisation of Parayar workers as low-status government officials legitimates the discrimination they face, and ignores its origins. ...
06
Jun
Women beedi rollers and necrocapitalism in Sri Lanka
Women in one village in the Jaffna district of northern Sri Lanka have been rolling beedi with their bare hands for over fifty years in a gendered survival economy. This is no accident....
25
Nov
On the trail of respondents in Ilam, Nepal
The SLRC Panel survey is examining people’s access to services, livelihoods and perceptions of governance in 5 countries. We’re now carrying out the second round after a first round in 2012. The survey aims to inform debates around whether and how delivering services and supporting...