Accountability mechanisms in community-driven reconstruction in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa, Dorothea Hilhorst and Carolien Jacobs

Development in Practice, 2018, vol. 28, issue 1, 4-15

Abstract: A lack of accountability is often considered a root cause of conflict. Many post-conflict reconstruction efforts therefore aim to enhance accountability between authorities and the population through community-driven reconstruction programmes. This article examines the accountability mechanisms in the Tushiriki community-driven reconstruction programme in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethnographic research found little impact of formal programme accountability. Rather, accountability was shaped differently and had its own context-specific meaning. To make accountability more sustainable, stronger embeddedness in local institutions and more appropriate translations of abstract concepts into the local context are needed.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1397103

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