Working Paper

Reconstructing our understanding of the link between services and state legitimacy

Abstract

This report presents a summary of the findings from the second phase of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) (2018–2020) on how state legitimacy needs to be re-evaluated by international development workers in order to increase the effectiveness of programmes that aim to support state legitimacy. This research is part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) programme