SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Alinafe Kasiya

Email address:

260509@soas.ac.uk

Thesis title:

Decentralization, Participation, Accountability and District Development Planning in Malawi

Year of Study:

Entry 2009

Internal Supervisors

• Michael Jennings

Biography

Alinafe is a Mo Ibrahim Foundation Scholar for 2009. Alinafe was also a British Chevening Scholar in 2006. His research interests are exploring links between governance and development and more particularly decentralization in developing countries. Alinafe has worked for International NGOs and Regional Inter-Governmental Agencies in Africa.

PhD Research

Malawi is implementing a decentralization policy whose goals focus on cementing democratic gains at local level and promoting poverty alleviation in Malawi. Alinafe is interested in exploring how decentralization is shaping and influencing the development planning landscape at local level, and particularly exploring the question in terms of the relationship between decentralization and local government performance in delivery of social services and development programs.