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Challenges to civic space are high on the agenda of the #SummitForDemocracy this week. My new ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social blog post with Stephanie Diepeveen argues for the importance of seeing civic spaces as shifting, not simply shrinking. odi.org/en/insights/ci…

A4EA Research Coalition and collective voices are critical to expand the civic space for rights based actions and accountability

Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned? frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/citizen-action…

Citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts: What have we learned? duncangreenlse.bsky.social back up and running with this piece on summary of years of A4EA Research findings frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/citizen-action…

"The agenda for strengthening citizen-led accountability ... is at a crossroads ... new approaches that capture the citizen-eye view are needed" duncangreenlse.bsky.social spotlights findings from @a4ea special issue on citizen action for accountability in challenging contexts frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/citizen-action…

📖And in Open Access! See the latest special issue of ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social Development Policy Review 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677679/2…

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Important work here on how elites *sometimes* help shift power to the powerless. Why and how it works are explored in this new blog ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🤖‘Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency & Repression’🤖 explores how citizen are using tech tools to participate in social, economic & political life in a context of repression & authoritarianism. Here is a list of all the contributors👇

“If we stayed at home, nothing would change”: gendered acts of citizenship from Mozambique and Pakistan - new article from Ayesha Khan & Katia Taela explores how women can seek to transform their relationship with authorities thru protest tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… John Gaventa

In a new article from A4EA research for Extractive Industries and Society John Agbonifo uses John Gaventa powercube to put a fresh perspective on fuel subsidy protests in Nigeria 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Neil McCulloch Naomi Hossain Institute of Development Studies

New paper by Oladapo et al draws on data from a telephone survey conducted during the pandemic to explore which sources Nigerian people trusted for reliable info on Covid-19 ids.ac.uk/publications/t… Institute of Development Studies John Gaventa Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

New exciting A4EA working paper takes a deeper look at protests in authoritarian and hybrid regimes NiranjanJN 🍉 John Gaventa Institute of Development Studies