Colin Anderson

Researcher @IDS_UK and @A4EA_Research. Citizen-state relations, accountability, development politics and similar things. Views my own.

[ARC - also @arc-au.bsky.social @AcctResearchCtr]

ICYMI: Working paper from @AbrehetGG
with overview of 10 diverse health rights programs that used multilevel approaches to #monitoring & #advocacy. Essential reading for those escalating citizen claims towards powerful decision-makers in #health systems https://t.co/d669rHwIkz

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

Adopting a citizen-eye lens can reveal the building blocks to accountability in difficult settings https://t.co/FzDJAXYttv @JohnGaventa @Anu1Joshi @AndColin2 @SarahJPh37 @aprizzon

[Miguel Loureiro @Mig_L_oureiro]

Governance diaries: a method that brings together the strengths of ethnographic, longitudinal, and comparative work to study changes in complex behaviour. #governance #accountability @A4EA_Research @IDS_UK Open access: https://t.co/VwNP1ayBAw

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

📽️@jonathanfox707 discusses A4EA's use of the interaction effects lens to explore how projects doing similar work in the same location do or don't connect https://t.co/hbd3JmJScN @AndColin2 @JohnGaventa @GPSA_org @FCDOREDGCSD @AcctResearchCtr @CollectiveKHI @ItadLtd

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

Who do the poor and marginalised in fragile contexts go to to resolve their governance needs? Anu Joshi discusses findings from A4EA Governance at the Margins research https://t.co/iKs6GuCizH @FCDOREDGCSD @GPSA_org @JohnGaventa @AndColin2

[Shandana Khan Mohmand @shaandana]

Our paper “Canvassing the Gatekeepers” on closing the gender gap in political participation in Pakistan is out in @apsrjournal! See 🧵on the paper👇🏽

It’s been an incredible @A4EA_Research journey with amazing partners @IDS_UK @ideaspak Aurat Foundation, @SouthAsiaPak and others!

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

@JohnGaventa shares his reflections on 5yrs research on citizen action and #accountability in #fragilesettings (recently published in our #AgainsttheOdds report https://t.co/v6A7vyGSh3)

📹https://t.co/HSx6iPoItN

fyi @Arfung @bvpaassen @Brianlevy387 @participedia #freecivicspace

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

NEW #AgainsttheOdds report on #citizenaction+#accountability in #fragilesettings
https://t.co/dt4JgjzUM6
Thx to our partners @AcctResearchCtr @CollectiveKHI @ForumMulher @ideaspak @IESE1 @IDS_UK @ItadLtd @HRCP87 @kaleidoscopiomz @oxfamgbpolicy @PASGR @Spaces4Change @FCDOREDGCSD

[John Gaventa @JohnGaventa]

Review of latest @A4EA_Research publication from @fp2p. Please share. What does Governance look like ‘from below’?: great methodology; snappy format; fascinating findings; exemplary writing – please read. https://t.co/GR8AnJYOap via @fp2p

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

What does #governance look like from below? Great review of our latest paper by Duncan Green (Oxfam) - do share @jonathanfox707 @JeffThindwa @shaandana @IDS_UK @rakeshrajani @Brianlevy387 @guerzovich @traffyaston @joyaceron_ph @scepticalranil @Global_Policy @CGDev @participedia

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

Latest @JohnGaventa article on #A4EA findings published in @ConversationUK
👉https://t.co/Y6j7esbpAY #closingcivicspace
Please share @shaandana @jonathanfox707 @nomhossain @ayeshanorakhan @AyobamiOjebode @JeffThindwa @AndColin2 @PeterEvans_Guv @FCDOREDGCSD @FCDOResearch

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

New report “Navigating Civic Space in a Time of Covid” by @AndColin2 Rosie McGee @niranjan_j_n @JohnGaventa w/ @cadetesalvador, Zikora Ibeh Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri @VictoriaOhaeri, @JawedAsiya @ayeshanorakhan Crescêncio Pereira & Alex Shankland.

Key findings are... (thread) 1/10

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

📣Lack of trust in public authority & prevalence of rumours are shaping poor & marginalised people's responses to #COVID19 😷

📄This new Briefing lays out how approaches tailored to local contexts can mitigate these problems 👉https://t.co/Bpxx8wIqSq

@IDS_UK @FCDOREDGCSD

[Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social @phat_controller]

Repressive Technologies: Growing Arsenal of Tech Tools Being Used by Govts & Corporations to Close Online Democractic Spaces in Ten African Countries. New @ADRNorg research funded by @GCRF @UKRI_News published by @IDS_UK #digitalrights #ict4d #civicspace https://t.co/dKnCHx4Ihk

[Naomi Hossain @nomhossain]

So refreshing to read practitioners' take on health accountability programs. Unlike the elegant simplicity of #RCT approaches, this paper makes sense of the messy reality of lives & health systems in Uganda. The good news: citizens CAN activate more accountable health services

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

Read the latest issue of the A4EA newsletter at: https://t.co/4edlxe2lVy To subscribe sign up at: https://t.co/8D5n1dmwM8

[A4EA Research @A4EA_Research]

August's issue of our newsletter has just been published. Read about our latest publications and activities here https://t.co/WBxgtREvk4
You can sign up to get future issues on our webpage https://t.co/338TItyivH

[Jonathan Fox @jonathanfox707]

To learn about health worker rights campaigns, as they defend themselves so they can care for others - check out the #HealthWorkerProtest learning initiative @HealthWorkerPro - with reports from 45 countries so far... @AcctResearchCtr

[John Gaventa @JohnGaventa]

Nice new piece from @AyobamiOjebode @A4EA_Research: 'Journalists on the frontline of Covid-era accountability: we are not ‘one’ fragile planet' https://t.co/4xcQrQmrDp via @IDS_UK @nomhossain

[Colin Anderson @AndColin2]

@traffyaston @A4EA_Research @JohnGaventa @jonathanfox707 @DFID_RED_GCSD @DFID_Research @IDS_UK @fp2p @JeffThindwa What is reasonable to expect is a big question, I agree. Sometimes the problem seems not recognising or investigating the shifts in dynamics or tactical 'wins' that are actually quite significant in a particular context.

[Colin Anderson @AndColin2]

@traffyaston @A4EA_Research @JohnGaventa @jonathanfox707 @DFID_RED_GCSD @DFID_Research @IDS_UK @fp2p @JeffThindwa They are definitely positive effects and signs that these kinds of strategies are important, so yes. But I guess we want to be cautious because we don't know how important, relatively speaking. There's definitely plenty to learn from how these programmes worked.