Table 1 Interview and focus group participants

United Nations (UN) agency representatives

8

International and national programme managers and coordinators

International non-governmental organisation representatives

12

Country directors, programme and project managers and staff members

Local and national non-governmental organisation representatives

3

Managers and staff, mostly South Sudanese, but also international actors from neighbouring countries

National-level government officials

3

All South Sudanese men

Local government officials and other local authorities

3

Donors

3

All men, one representing one governmental donor, one UN donor and one inter-state organisation

Academics/researchers

6

From South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and the Netherlands

Contesting party officials

2

Both South Sudanese men

Private sector actors

3

From the transportation, financial and building supplies sectors