qualitative assessments in Somalia. This paper uses the framework developed regionally to explore the citizen-state bargain and … usually assumed that improved service delivery in fragile states should improve almost automatically state legitimacy and then … matters a lot for state legitimacy. This work draws lessons pertaining to past engagement, building on Somalia's history and …

We expect effective state institutions to matter in a country's ability to respond to crises. Yet notably in the first … relationships in the cross-country data, drawing on measures of the state, COVID's health impact, and pandemic policy response. In … between state effectiveness and pandemic health outcomes does in fact pertain. Our findings also offer insight into how …

partners. The intensification of predatory capitalism, repressive state policies and the collusion of state and capital, in the … reciprocity, between state, capital, and informal labour (the majority of workers globally). …

Mali long seemed a model, low-income democracy. Yet, in a few short weeks in early 2012, more than half of the … reducing several of the underlying, structural constraints that were to prove the country's undoing in 2012. -- Mali …

, namely ownership and alignment, to the cases of Mali and Ghana. It argues that Western donors and recipient governments have …, the impact on Mali’s and Ghana's relationships with their traditional donors has been minimal and short-lasting. To the … extent that donors and recipients have not significantly changed their practices in either Mali (a poor, fragile, aid …

This working paper provides a summary of three systematic reviews on the effectiveness of aid in Afghanistan, Mali, and …

economies in Ségou and Mopti, Mali, since the conflict outbreak in 2012. Employing a case study method, the research utilizes …

The state has played a major role in the most important developmental successes. This paper discusses the advances in … our understanding of the role of the state in the developmental process over the past thirty years, and the contribution …