While a great deal has been written recently on approaches to empowerment and accountability, many of the lessons and approaches have been drawn from relatively stable, safe and democratic settings. Yet, an estimated two billion people live in countries where these conditions do not exist - where development outcomes are affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. This panel presented and discussed emerging thinking from the newly launched Action for Empowerment and Accountability Research Programme (A4EA), funded by UKAid from the Department for International Development, which focuses on how social and political action can contribute to empowerment and accountability in fragile, violent and conflict settings. Drawing from insights from three of the five focus countries—Egypt, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan— it addressed the issue of potential entry points for support to accountability work in such settings and discussed the role external actors could play. |
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