#OutNow 📢 OECD Guidelines for #CitizenParticipation Processes Designed for public officials, the guidelines outline 🔟 steps for ✅Designing ✅Planning ✅Implementing, & ✅Evaluating a citizen participation process. See: 👉 oe.cd/citizen-partic… #CitizenEngagement

The #Online Volunteering allows you to become : ✍️ Translator, Writer, Editor 👨‍🎨 Designer, Artist 👩‍💻 Researcher, Technology developer 👩‍💼 Project development and community organizing. And much more... 👉bit.ly/3iPEFIC #TogetherActNow #OnlineVolunteering

Every social contract is the product of centuries of millions of daily interactions between citizens and the state. By applying a social contract lens, more attention can be given to citizens as beneficiaries and stakeholders. wrld.bg/szza50MaGYi

The Implementation of Federalism in Nepal - federalism.org/news/the-imple…

How are state capacity & democracy linked? Fukuyama: no strong state, no liberal democracy Stasavage: strong state, no democracy Tilly: a weak state is + of a hindrance to democracy than a strong state Mazzuca&Munck: state building & democracy co-evolve, under certain conditions

The Financial Times has for once printed a graph which actually shows which external lenders are owed debt by lower income countries (rather than saying it is all China) ft.com/content/889fec… This still does not show the interest rates - which are highest on the private loans

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT!! @anthlittle and I are excited to share our new working paper “Subjective and Objective Measurement of Democratic Backsliding.” 🔥Our hot take🔥: Contrary to the current narrative, we DON’T find evidence that we are in a period of global democratic decline 🧵1/

🚨 Just out in AJPS, open access! doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1… Governments often use political appointments to fill bureaucratic posts. We tend to think this jeopardizes governance by selecting worse types and depressing effort. I argue there's another side to patronage... 🧵

मंसिर ४, २०७९ मा सम्पन्न नेपालको प्रतिनिधि सभा तथा प्रदेश सभा निर्वाचन पर्यवेक्षणको प्रतिवेदन तलको लिङ्कमा उपलब्ध छ । लिङ्क : democracyresource.org/wp-content/upl…

MC New Bibliography: Moktan, Sanjila, Rashmi Sheila and Harsha Man Maharjan. 2023. Civil Society in Nepal: A Selective Bibliography. Version 4.0. Kathmandu: Martin Chautari Available at: bit.ly/3lNDgap

Shivapuri hiking with my favorite friends!!!

What is USAID’s Local Capacity Strengthening Policy, why did the Agency create it, and how do its 7️⃣ guiding principles apply to your work? Take this quick, interactive training to find out ⚡ bit.ly/3Mv2KEs

📢 Building Trust and #ReinforcingDemocracy Report sheds light on the public governance challenges countries face in preserving and strengthening their democracies. 👉 oe.cd/reinforcing-de…

🎉Out now! "This book provides a major step in our understanding the nuances and complexities of decentralisation." — Pranab Bardhan | UC Berkeley Decentralised Governance: Crafting Effective Democracies Around the World publishes today via #OpenAccess🔓doi.org/10.31389/lsepr…

Great to discuss with USAID/Nepal friends today how we are supporting development in Nepal 🇳🇵 with 💡insightful discussions on inclusion, governance, economic growth and more.

Learn more about our localization efforts from USAID's Sarah Rose on the The Power Shift podcast: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/usa…

Why are so many American states cutting taxes? Our “Checks and Balance” podcast investigates. With John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon Click to listen: econ.st/3FKMPNN 👇

अर्को हप्ता शुरू हुने चौतारी वार्षिक सम्मेलनको सेड्युल तयार भयो। यो वर्षको की-नोट एड्रेस प्राध्यापक अविदित आचार्यले दिनुहुनेछ। यो प्राज्ञिक सम्मेलनमा सहभागी हुन चाहनेले नाम दर्ता गर्नुहोला। सीट सीमित छन्।