Negotiating Public Services in the Congo

Kristof Titeca lectures at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp. He was previously a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. He has been a regular contributor to the Washington Post, and has also written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, African Arguments and others.Tom De Herdt is a professor of development at the University of Antwerp, and current chair of the university’s Institute of Development Policy and Management. He has previously lectured at he Universidad Centroamericana in Nicaragua, and has coordinated consultancy projects on behalf of UNICEF. His previous works include Real Governance and Practical Norms in Sub-Saharan Africa (co-edited with Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, 2015).

• Introduction -Tom De Herdt & Kristof TitecaPart 1. Public Services and the state2. State reform in the DRC - Stylianos Moshonas3.Neighborhood chiefs in the DRC - Stephanie Perazzone4. The donors and the predatory state -Camilla LindstromPart 2. Case-studies5.Electricity provision in Kinshasa - Jean-Pierre Mpiana Tshitenge6. Police at work in Bukavu - Michel Thill7. The public transport sector in Kinshasa - Albert Malukisa Nkuku and Kristof Titeca8.Garbage collection in Bukavu - Randi Solhjell9. Land management in Eastern DRC - Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka & Klara Claessens10.Justice and security in Haut Uele - Kristof Titeca

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