Category: Governance

New Report on Decentralisation in Jordan

BCI recently collaborated with the Karak Center for Consultations and Training in Jordan to evaluate the Kingdom’s decentralisation law and its implementation at the local level.  The project team, funded by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews with members of Governorate Councils to hear how, one year after their election to […]

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What does the election of Justin Trudeau mean for the rest of the world?

Now that the world’s media has had fun with writing and talking about whether Canada’s new prime minister is the sexiest or is the only world leader with a tattoo, it is time to ask what the consequences of Canada’s new government might be, particularly on the international scene. The new government and its leader […]

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Peace Without Prosperity: The Cost of Conflict in Libya

If you think the hardest part of stabilizing Libya is the current negotiation process to end hostility – you are wrong.  Even if the most earnest and unified of governments is formed it will be confronted by a fiscal crisis and public demands the likes for which it will be wholly unprepared.  Managing this will […]

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