This report presents findings from focus groups discussions that aimed to understand the attitudes, opinions and experiences of participants of self-governance in Southern Sudan in 2007. Download

This study analyzes SPLM’s transition from a rebel movement to a political party. It presents the findings on SPLM structures, capacity and processes of decision making in three states. Download

Draft transcript of presentation by John Ryle held in Neuchatel, Switzerland, April 14-16, 2005.

This study is an analysis of continuity and change in Southern Sudanese politics in the period 1990–2000. One event – the 1994 National Convention of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) – is the focal point of the study. Download

This document reports from a workshop on the establishment of a traditional leaders’ forum. Found in the Sudan Open Archive.  

The Sudan Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) (2005) was carried out jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations, with the full endorsement, guidance and participation of the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Through a joint process with Sudanese counterparts, the JAM has looked at eight thematic areas (institutional development; rule of law; economic policy; productive sectors; basic social services; infrastructure; livelihoods and social protection; and information and media),…

The Sudan Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) (2005) was carried out jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations, with the full endorsement, guidance and participation of the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Through a joint process with Sudanese counterparts, the JAM has looked at eight thematic areas (institutional development; rule of law; economic policy; productive sectors; basic social services; infrastructure; livelihoods and social protection; and information and media),…

The purpose of this paper is to outline the potential benefits of fiscal decentralization and to discuss the implications of the peace protocols for the restructuring of the federal system in the Sudan. Download

This report is based on a series of 32 focus groups, aimed to give concrete expression to the views of ordinary men and women about the future of New Sudan. Download

The paper is concerned with the unintended consequences of aid as a relation of governance: in this case, the failure of aid agencies to improve the lot of displaced Southerners living in North Sudan during the past civil war. Given the ongoing displacement of South Sudanese to Sudan some aspects of this article might again be relevant. Link to publication

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