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South Sudan : the road from the Paris Declaration to the reality of Juba, 2005 - 11

Larson, Greg - 2013

During Sudan's "interim period" from the end of civil war in January 2005 until South Sudan's independence in July 2011 … and capacity building of the nascent Government of Southern Sudan were core priorities. This six-year period thus provides … on Aid Effectiveness - which was signed in February 2005, shortly after Sudan's peace agreement. Assessment of how the …

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South Sudan's capability trap : building a state with disruptive innovation

Larson, Greg; Ajak, Peter Biar; Pritchett, Lant - 2013

challenges (fighting corruption, upholding the rule of law, establishing democratic institutions). South Sudan, the world … Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 South Sudan had no formal institutions of self-governance. During the Comprehensive Peace … technical assistance to 'build capacity' in the nascent Government of South Sudan. The donors utilized approaches and mechanisms …

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Inequality of opportunity in child health in Sudan : across-region study

Ebaidalla, Ebaidalla Mahjoub - 2019

This study aims to examine the drivers of inequality of opportunity in health outcome among children below 5 years of age, using the Sudanese 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. It investigates the variation in inequality across and within regions, decomposing inequality into a portion that...

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Evidence on aid (in)effectiveness in highly fragile states : a synthesis of three systematic reviews of aid to Afghanistan, Mali, and South Sudan, 2008-21

Zürcher, Christoph - 2022

South Sudan between 2008 and 2021. These three countries, like all other highly fragile countries, suffer from bad …

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Good governance as a concept, and why this matters for development policy

Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2012

Almost all major development institutions today say that promoting good governance is an important part of their agendas. Despite this consensus, 'good governance' is an extremely elusive objective: it means different things to different organizations and to different actors within these...

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Transitional justice and aid

Hellsten, Sirkku - 2012

This paper examines the current security-governance-development nexus, something that is often also discussed under the concept of "transitional justice" (TJ). The paper analyses how the ambiguous, evolving and expanding nature of the concept of TJ affects the planning, coordination, evaluation...

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The political economy of green growth : illustrations from Southern Africa

Resnick, Danielle; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James - 2012

The concept of "green growth" implies that a wide range of developmental objectives, such as job creation, economic prosperity and poverty alleviation, can be easily reconciled with environmental sustainability. This study, however, argues that rather than being win-win, green growth is similar...

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Thirty years in Africa's development : from structural adjustment to structural transformation?

Addison, Tony - 2015

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to...

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A quest for institutional foundations towards inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nissanke, Machiko - 2015

The paper explores the paths towards building institutional foundations for inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Viewing institutional configurations as a system of multiple equilibria, the concepts of endogenous institutions and institutional changes are used to address the question of...

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Capacity development for the transformation of Africa

Léautier, Frannie A. - 2014

Countries need capacity for a variety of reasons, including sustaining economic growth, generating jobs, reducing poverty, effectively managing development programmes, and transforming societies and economies. A lot of effort has been expended to develop capacity in Africa with mixed results....

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