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30 May 2014
Published by: GSDRC
This report provides an overview of evidence on the costings of various core components of peace processes. The information uncovered by this rapid review focuses mainly on the latter stages of a peace process and the core components of supporting the success of the peace process.
3 February 2014
Published by: GSDRC
This rapid review looks at the available literature examining the impacts of policies that restrict aid to refugees in official camps and the response of the humanitarian community to such policies.
13 January 2014
Published by: GSDRC
While people with disabilities have higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities, many countries have tried to address this by providing social protection to poor people with disabilities and their households.
This research will identify the key factors driving the effectivness of public-private partnerships (PPPs) at bringing sustained increases in income for smallholder farmers at scale and delivering positive development outcomes across rural communities.
9 December 2013
Published by: IDS
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 (AHB or the bill) was controversial right from the time of its inception.
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Growing up in a region wracked by complex and enduring violent conflicts, this seminar explores the everyday lives of the young people who come to be the ‘human’ in human rights. For many in the DRC ‘human rights’ – les droits de l’homme - are understood to be the men and women who strive to protect and defend them in a landscape of violence and fear.
18 November 2013
In countries or regions that have experienced a period of conflict, it is a huge challenge to build inclusive democratic systems and cultures of governance. The legacies of conflict can be persistent. The core functions of the state have been severely disrupted or halted entirely and it will therefore be considered a fragile or failed state.
1 October 2013
Published by: The Knowledge Programme
The report shows that more attention to the end users is important, when designing and implementing projects using Technology for Transparency and Accountability Initiatives.
1 January 2013
Published by: IDS
This book presents the findings of a group of young Karimojong who set out to explore land, peace and customary law in the Karamoja sub-region in Uganda.
8 October 2012
Published by: AllAfrica
This week the first of three special multimedia packages is being carried by the AllAfrica media group. IDS offered AllAfrica complete access to our researchers and our partners and provided support and advice as the reporting was being developed. We had been looking for a media partner committed to taking a critical approach and able to identify where the real stories were.