Tom De Herdt – The Conversation

Pupils wear face masks in their classroom while a teacher writes on the board at a school in Kinshasa on August 10, 2020. Photo by Arsene Mpiana/AFP via Getty Images

July 8, 2021

Why payroll fraud in the DRC’s education sector will be hard to fix

Cyril Owen Brandt, University of Antwerp; Gauthier Marchais, Institute of Development Studies; Jacques Taty Mwakupemba, Université catholique de Bukavu; Stylianos Moshonas, University of Antwerp, and Tom De Herdt, University of Antwerp

Public statements against payroll fraud seem to materialise at strategic moments.

Hybrid forms of governance in DRC allow public services to work. Julien Harneis/Flickr

September 25, 2019

Failed state? How the DRC continues to deliver public services

Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp and Tom De Herdt, University of Antwerp

The DRC’s state and public administration didn’t disappear, but changed: they were being built from the ground up, tailor-made to local actors’ interests.

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