@techreport{74da791daa7c429a86ed266b0f3fb119,
title = "Thinking and working politically: Lessons from FOSTER in Nigeria",
abstract = "The Facility for Oil Sector Transparency and Reform (FOSTER) was a £14 million programme that has helped Nigeria to transform its governance of the oil and gas industry. FOSTER ran from 2011 to mid-2016, and used an explicit {\textquoteleft}thinkingand working politically{\textquoteright} (TWP) approach. It was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and managed by Oxford Policy Management (OPM). This paper seeks to identify the factors that drove – or constrained –FOSTER{\textquoteright}s achievements, and asks what this can tell us about TWP, particularly in challenging political and sectoral contexts.FOSTER sought to help strengthen oversight and accountability in Nigeria{\textquoteright}s oil sector. It aimed to support reformers within government institutions that {\textquoteleft}supply{\textquoteright} accountability (those governing how oil and gas revenues are collected and managed), and to support civil society organisations, parliament, the media and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative to {\textquoteleft}demand{\textquoteright} reform. In addition, FOSTER commissioned a series of studies and provided media training to help broaden understanding of the sector and highlight the need for reform.This paper examines the outcomes from five {\textquoteleft}clusters{\textquoteright} of FOSTER interventions. ",
author = "Heather Marquette and {Lopez Lucia}, Elisa and Joanna Buckley and Neil McCulloch",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
language = "English",
series = "Developmental Leadership Program",
publisher = "Developmental Leadership Program, University of Birmingham",
number = "DLP Research Paper 48",
pages = "1--28",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Developmental Leadership Program, University of Birmingham",
}