Naveed Somani

Consultant

United Kingdom

Portfolio
Access to Justice
05/20/2024
Measuring Justice: Opportunities and Challenges in Legal Advice Outcomes

Conducted literature review as part of the Improving Lives Through Advice (ILTA) programme, exploring methodologies for measuring the impact of legal advice services. It highlights challenges such as attributing outcomes, balancing complexity, and the need for participatory and mixed-method approaches. Key recommendations include fostering a learning culture, collaborating with funders to develop bespoke tools, and recognising the nuanced value of advice work. A Theory of Change framework is...

Global Justice Now
06/01/2022
Warning signs: The Prosperity Fund and the hijacking of UK aid

This report examines the UK government’s evolving international development strategy, which prioritises trade, investment, and economic partnerships to reduce poverty while advancing British business interests. While trade can play a vital role in development when guided by fair and locally-led rules, this strategy instead mirrors the Prosperity Fund’s approach, where over £1 billion in aid was used to promote UK commercial opportunities in middle and upper-middle-income countries. The report...

United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies
The Role of Regional Organisations in Promoting e-Governance

The evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has provided new digital pathways for collection and diffusion of ideas and practices, enabling collaboration among diverse interest groups, intensifying the voice of communities and creating an environment to encourage digital democracy. The possibilities of ICTs to not only modernise and reengineer government processes, but also to render them transparent, enable oversight and strengthen social accountability – thus...

One Health Davos
Diversification Strategies in Food Insecure High Altitude Villages of Badakhshan, Afghanistan

ABSTRACT: Afghanistan remains one of the most food insecure places in the world. An estimated 10 million people wereconsidered food insecure in 2011. Our study conducted in 2009, profiles food security in the high altitude province ofBadakhshan, where food production is limited by insufficient arable land, a shorter growing season, poor marketing and lackof inputs.

Commonwealth Secretariat
10/08/2012
m-Government

Mobile technology offers governments a cost-effective way to improve service delivery, increase accessibility, and strengthen citizen engagement, especially in developing countries. By leveraging mobile devices, governments can bridge digital divides, foster real-time participation, and enhance accountability. This analysis contributed to the Commonwealth Governance Handbook.

Commonwealth Secretariat
E-Governance in Small States

This book seeks to inform small state policy-makers of the conditions and processes involved in the planning and execution of e-Government projects.