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

From

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. He specialises in analysing climate-conflict interactions in the Lake Chad Basin, West Africa, and the Sahel, studying resource scarcity, adaptive strategies, and socio-economic impacts. His multidisciplinary approach combines climate science and conflict analysis, offering insights into the region's climate-security nexus.       ...