Protection against autocratisation: how international democracy promotion helped preserve presidential term limits in Malawi and Senegal

Leininger, Julia; Nowack, Daniel

doi:10.1080/01436597.2021.2000855

Cited by 10 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Nonetheless, international development efforts by Western governments have for the past three decades or so tried to effect changes towards greater democracy and more participation by the people in African countries in the political process (Jessop, 1998). Oftentimes this has been met with great success (Brown, 2005; Leininger & Nowack, 2022) and has led some analysts to call for an increase in democracy promotion, despite the inherent risks (Carothers, 2020). This would, in theory at least, lead to the voices of innovative and dynamic entrepreneurs being heard in decision‐making processes and giving the economically successful people in society a greater voice in these (Acemoglu & Robinson, 2012).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

International technology transfer to Africa in light of the SDGs: What do we know about the barriers?

Schneider,

Guenther,

Möst

2024

J of Intl Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

International technology transfer (ITT) is commonly seen as an essential way to bridge the gap between highly advanced industrialised nations and developing countries. This gap is particularly pronounced with a view of African states. These generally have a limited capacity to cope with the effects of climate change. Therefore, foreign innovations must be successfully adopted to realities on the continent to mitigate the effects. This has sparked a growing academic interest in this topic in recent years, leading to many aspects being covered in the literature. This paper takes stock of the current state of the art, thereby asking the question: What do we know about the problems regarding international technology transfer to Africa? Employing a reproducible, transparent and clear systematic review, 73 relevant texts are identified. The barriers to more (successful) international technology transfer that these publications identify are discussed. As this review clarifies, many aspects are known, but specifics around governance aspects and institutional set‐ups are primarily bypassed in the discussion.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

International technology transfer to Africa in light of the SDGs: What do we know about the barriers?

Schneider,

Guenther,

Möst

2024

J of Intl Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…While Senegal remains heavily reliant on international assistance, it is a stronger state than some of its neighboring countries. It is a consolidated democracy, has had at least two elections with a peaceful change of party in power, and has withstood recent attempts at overturning Presidential term limits (Leininger & Nowack, 2022; Vengroff & Magala, 2001). Its administrative model follows the French Napoleonic system of administration with a substantial role for technically trained experts.…”

Section: Research Design and Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The case for metagovernance: The promises and pitfalls of multisectoral nutrition service delivery structures in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Fox

Law

Baker

2022

Public Admin & Development

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While cross‐sector collaborations can create effective governance mechanisms for multi‐sectoral issues, little attention has been paid to how these arrangements operate in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where state capacity is weak and the international donor sector is influential. A case study of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) collaborative governance platform in Senegal is presented to explore how tensions between actors can be managed and how power is exercised through metagovernance. Through in‐depth interviews with policy actors (N = 30), network mapping of ties and activities among actors and document review, the study identifies challenges and opportunities for multi‐sectoral nutrition governance. The study identifies several challenges specific to scaling up multi‐sectoral policies including the relative power of non‐state actors, duplication of efforts and a lack of incentives for multisectoral collaboration across different sectors within government. The article concludes that to ensure democratic governance, government must be capable of metagovernance.

show abstract

“…For instance, conditional budget support aimed at governance reforms (Faust et al, 2012; Molenaers et al, 2015) is likely to reinforce the training of officials or citizens. Also, initial studies show that a combination of coercive measures, such as freezing aid, and cooperative measures, such as strengthening civil society organisations, has proven effective in countering attempts to extend presidential term limits in African and Latin American countries (Leininger and Nowack, 2022; Nowack and Leininger, 2021). However, these insights have not reached approaches to impact evaluation, which should work towards assessing the impact of a set of different measures.…”

Section: Evidence: What Do We (Not) Know About the Effects Of Democra...mentioning

confidence: 99%

What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation

Leininger,

Schiller

2023

Evaluation

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The evidence generated and used in development cooperation has changed remarkably over the last decades. When it comes to the field of democracy support, these developments have been less significant. Routinised, evidence-based programming is far from a reality here. Compared to other fields, the goals of the interventions and assumed theories of change remain underspecified. Under these circumstances, evaluating and learning is difficult, and as a result, evidence gaps remain large and the translation of evidence into action often unsuccessful. This is particularly dramatic at a time when this field is regaining attention amid global autocratisation trends. In this article, we analyse the specific barriers and challenges democracy support faces to generate and use evidence. Furthermore, we identify evidence gaps and propose impact-oriented accompanying research as an evaluation approach that can make a significant contribution towards advancing the evidence agenda in this field.

show abstract

Protection against autocratisation: how international democracy promotion helped preserve presidential term limits in Malawi and Senegal

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

International technology transfer to Africa in light of the SDGs: What do we know about the barriers?

International technology transfer to Africa in light of the SDGs: What do we know about the barriers?

The case for metagovernance: The promises and pitfalls of multisectoral nutrition service delivery structures in low‐ and middle‐income countries

What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About