The deadline of attaining first set of Millennium Development Goals is ending in 2015. Irrespective of mixed results perceived so far, the negotiations have started to discuss the agenda to be adopted post-2015. United Nations-led deliberations are focusing over the issues and developmental priorities to be taken for the task post-2015. The civil society has received prominent space in these deliberations. This has triggered the debate as to what role civil society should play in the post-2015 development process, given that the leading agenda of the development will be framed as per the wish of the state, and that the relations between civil society and state have historically been combative. This paper analyses this question in the Indian context considering the country-specific developmental needs and priorities.
This research is a case study of government involvement in academic research. In the case study, we analyzed what factors influence government involvement in academic research. Specifically, we scrutinized different factors such as language, citizenship, networking, age, and gender that could, to some extent, facilitate or complicate research cooperation between academia and government bodies.Though there are other universities with foreign professors, including KIMEP, SDU, KBTU, the number of foreigners in those universities is insignificant in comparison with NU, and the location of NU provides better access than others.We conducted an online survey among NU faculty, as well as several face-to-face interviews. The survey involved 47 respondents. The findings revealed that the most significant factors influencing government involvement in academic research are lack of proficiency in Russian and Kazakh, networking. The implications of this research suggest it is essential to establish particular intermediary institutions between academics and the government in order to facilitate the cooperation and omit unnecessary bureaucratic processes.
Civil society in India plays the role of an intermediary that encourages citizens to participate in governance processes, facilitates their access to basic entitlements, and helps them connect with local government to address grievances. One of the mechanisms used is public hearings (PHs). PHs connects citizens directly with the government by shortening long and complex administrative processes. PHs also compensate for weakening distributional capacities and grievance redressal mechanisms of public systems. This article attempts to understand the efficacy of civil society‐organized PHs in helping citizens access social security benefits. The article concludes that PHs help in educating citizens about the governance processes and provide relevant information. PHs also reduce the gap between citizens and the government by facilitating a public space that citizens use in communicating their grievances.
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