Publication

This paper examines the perspectives of rural Malians living on the border of state- and rebel-controlled territory before and after the coup and secessionist insurgency that took place in the country in 2012. The main finding of the paper is that the villagers' biggest concerns following these events were not to do with the regime change or territorial breakdown that took place in the country. Instead, the authors suggest that their main concerns were those of human development needs and the lack of public services. The authors also discuss the the potential implications of weak state public service and infrastructure provision for citizenship in rural Mali and Africa as a whole.