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05 Feb The strangling effects of multiple taxation in Nepal

Posted at 15:38h in Blog by George Richards

destination, farmers are stung with multiple taxes enforced by a range of local government organizations, from municipalities to Village Development Committees (VDCs) to District Development Committees (DDCs). Acting autonomously, these...

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22 Dec More questions than answers as South Sudan crisis unfolds

Posted at 12:16h in Blog by George Richards

of resentful former cabinet ministers and governors to unleash rebellion within the SPLA (the national army) and overthrow President Salva Kiir? Did an escalated dispute involving presidential guards present Kiir...

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19 Apr Mapping Sierra Leone’s plural health system and how people navigate it

Posted at 21:31h by George Richards

setting out some recommendations on ways forward when developing appropriate interventions to address malnutrition.   Key messages   Sierra Leone is characterised by a plural health system, combining state and...

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22 Oct Ebola, health systems and the human face of capacity

Posted at 14:15h in Blog by George Richards

The West African Ebola crisis exposed two things: the underlying weaknesses of the sub-region’s health systems, and the limits of aid-driven approaches to capacity building. While the first has received...

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08 Sep Where we work

Posted at 12:24h by George Richards

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11 Sep South Sudan

Posted at 12:14h by George Richards

the threat of famine again looms large in parts of South Sudan.   The SLRC’s South Sudan research programme investigates the following research topics: How does the delivery of basic...

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31 Jul Understanding rural markets in Afghanistan

Posted at 13:00h by winona_admin

2014). The research has been part of a multi scale study investigating household livelihood trajectories (Pain and Huot 2016) and institutional processes at village (Pain 2016) and provincial level (Jackson...

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29 Jun The rules of the game: Towards a theory of networks of access

Posted at 13:00h by winona_admin

failure to establish a legitimate and functional government stems from a fundamental misunderstanding, from the outset of international intervention, of how power is exercised and how access to resources is...

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03 Jul Gender, youth and urban labour market participation: evidence from the tailoring sector in Kabul, Afghanistan

Posted at 13:00h by winona_admin

power in mediating access to opportunities. This study looks at young women’s and men’s experiences in Kabul’s tailoring labour market, with a particular focus on: 1) how young women and...

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07 Sep The role of local institutions in conflict-affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Posted at 12:09h by winona_admin

sections of the community to gain an understanding of the power dynamics, social norms and influence of traditional local institutions, and how these have changed as a result of the...

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