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The legitimacy of traditional authorities in areas of limited statehood in Mali and Niger

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25
10:30 am September 2019

To

25
12:30 pm September 2019

Institutions and State Deployment for Service Delivery in G5 Sahel (World Bank Group)

Rida Lyammouri, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South and Associate Research Fellow with Clingendael Institute will do a presentation on the legitimacy of traditional authorities in areas of limited statehood in Mali and Niger at the World Bank Group, as part of the Bank’s Institutions and State Deployment for Service Delivery in G5 Sahel – BBL series.

Our Fellow’s presentation will be discussed by Emilie Jourdan, Sr. Governance Specialist and Sabine Beddies, Sr. Urban Specialist ; moderated by Michael Maellberg, Sr. Public Specialist, and chaired by Alexandre Arrobbio, Practice Manager.

In many countries in the Sahel and northern Africa, the state lacks an effective presence in its border regions… This presentation will present the conclusions of an upcoming report by the Clingendael Institute exploring whether traditional authorities in Mali and Niger could play a role in addressing these dynamics.

This (closed) discussion will take place at the World Bank Group headquarters in D.C. on september 25th.

Speakers
Rida Lyammouri
Senior Fellow
Rida Lyammouri is a senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS). He is also a senior West Africa and Lake Chad Basin researcher and advisor, with expertise in regional conflicts, violent extremism, climate change, migration, and trafficking. His research activities focus on geopolitics and international relations in the West African Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, regions he has worked on for 14 years, including in the field. He has extensive experience supporting both governmental and non-governmental organizations in the areas of international development, security, countering violent extremism and terrorism, preventing conflicts, ensuring humanitarian access, and migration. Mr. Lyammouri has contributed to in-depth research and analysis reports aiming at building ...