http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/index.aspx?RelatedItemsList_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/international-perceptions-african-agency.aspx This project investigates the place of African states in the international system and seeks to understand what space exists for aid-dependent governments to exercise agency in relations with donors. In exploring these issues it focus on the case of Uganda's NRM regime which has enjoyed very substantial international support despite its increasingly authoritarian nature, destabilising regional policy and questionable human rights record. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:25:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/international-perceptions-african-agency.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/2011-multiparty-elections-uganda.aspx This project will examine every aspect of the 2011 elections, including the role of international donors, party financing, security personnel, ethnic politics and socio-cultural phenomena, in an attempt to assess whether it represents a step towards a consolidated, multiparty democracy for Uganda. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:14:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/2011-multiparty-elections-uganda.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx A team of researchers at IDD has won EU funding for a project that could help transform international peacebuilding and statebuilding missions. Dr. Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, supervised by Professor Paul Jackson and Dr Heather Marquette, has begun a two-year Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship that will deepen understanding of 'local ownership'. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/corruption-indicators-performance-assessment-frameworks.aspx This research examines the role of indicators focused on corruption within performance assessment frameworks (PAFs) for budget support, particularly in terms of their effectiveness in monitoring corruption at the macro-level, monitoring anti-corruption projects or institutions, and monitoring budget expenditures. It will be published as a U4 issues paper in early 2012. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/corruption-indicators-performance-assessment-frameworks.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/swahili-seas.aspx The Swahili Seas project is based in Gazi Bay, Kenya, and aims to link local coastal communities with global carbon trading to support the conservation of an area of mangrove forest in exchange for payments which will be used to support community development. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/swahili-seas.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/beyond-ethnicity-conflict-rwanda.aspx This project analyses strategies used to create 'new' national identities after violent ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and Rwanda and explores their implications. Both states experienced civil wars ended by a military victory and the substantial defeat of armed opposition within national territory. Post conflict governments in both states expressed an intention to promote a new national identity, replacing and de-legitimising ethnicity. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:09:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/beyond-ethnicity-conflict-rwanda.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/future-for-aid-data.aspx The project investigates the incentives and disincentives for non traditional donors to adhere to International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) categorisation and code of conduct and in the wake of such non binding IATI or OECD-DAC standards, what challenges and opportunities such donors bring to the IATI. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:44:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/future-for-aid-data.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/religions-development.aspx The Religions and Development Research Programme Consortium is an international research partnership that is exploring the relationships between several major world religions, development in low-income countries and poverty reduction. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/religions-development.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/service-providers.aspx The overall aim of the research is to understand how the relationship between government and non-state providers is affected by their different perspectives on public action and how these in turn are affected by the relationship. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:46:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/service-providers.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/security-system-transformation-sierra-leone.aspx The main objective of the project is to produce a detailed study of UK supported security sector reform (SSR) in Sierra Leone from 1999 - 2007 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/security-system-transformation-sierra-leone.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/social-economic-impacts-land-titling.aspx This study aims to assess the extent to which land titling programmes in developing country urban areas have achieved the outcomes and impacts claimed for them. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:48:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/social-economic-impacts-land-titling.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-government-post-conflict-zones.aspx Dr Paul Jackson was tasked with producing a background paper on local government reconstruction in post-conflict environments for the UNDP. This involved developing a literature review and leading on a seminar for UNDP representatives engaged in post-conflict environments. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:26:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-government-post-conflict-zones.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/urban-families-kenya-zambia-hiv-aids.aspx This research project investigated the impact of short-term shocks and long duration stresses due to economic decline and ill-health, especially HIV / AIDS, on the livelihood strategies of poor urban households and their wider social networks in Nairobi, Kenya and Lusaka and Ndola, Zambia. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/urban-families-kenya-zambia-hiv-aids.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/joint-evaluation-general-budget-support.aspx To evaluate the impact of general budget support in reducing poverty in Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:17:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/joint-evaluation-general-budget-support.aspx