This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on: trends in defence and security corruption arising from C19, including how…» more
Governance
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.17
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on: C19 effects on conflict and how to respond; a huge study…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.16
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week features resources on: how to address C19 health risks during elections in Nigeria; the…» more
Water Finance and Nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NbS) for water security can address a number of challenges simultaneously and deliver co-benefits. Broadly, NbS protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems to address societal challenges (Cohen-Shacham et al., 2016). NbS approaches for water security include source water protection, watershed management, sustainable drainage ...» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.14
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on how policy responses to the C19 pandemic should differ in the Developing World; the state of the Asia-Pacific…» more
Key Drivers of Modern Slavery
This rapid literature review provides evidence of key drivers of modern slavery. It draws on a mixture of academic and grey literature from multinational and bilateral institutions as well as non-government organisations (NGOs) and think tanks. Given the rapidly developing global context, it also draws on emerging opinions from blog posts and journalistic reports to provide ...» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.13
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on how a resilience lens can help build trust and build back better from C19; the need to address…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.12
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on Yemeni women’s role in the C19 response, amidst war; how C19 has changed the focus and urgency of…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.11
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on the impacts of C19 on geopolitics in East Africa; advice on collecting data on gender-based violence during C19;…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.10
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on how C19 is affecting relations between the state and religious authorities in North Africa; how Trump’s “war on…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.9
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on Rohingya refugee experiences of C19 in the Cox’s Bazar camps; how civil society can progress the Women, Peace…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.8
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19) to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on a C19 conflict sensitivity tool; a database on ceasefire updates; C19 lessons from the 14th century Black Plague;…» more
War Economy in North East Nigeria
This rapid literature review collates academic and grey literature pertaining to the war economy in North-East Nigeria. The review finds the evidence base on this subject to be limited and disjointed. There are few regional analyses focussed on this issue, with those that exist approaching the subject from different thematic or sectoral positions. Sub-national (i.e. ...» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.7
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on democratic backsliding under C19; how C19 is increasing gender inequality in conflict affected contexts and is increasing domestic…» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.6
This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on public perceptions of government responses to C19 (comparing views from democracies and non-democracies) and how C19 is shaping…» more
Impact of COVID-19 on Child Labour in South Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic has not (to date) hit South Asia as badly in terms of infections and deaths as some other parts of the world (notably Europe). However, it is having a profound negative economic impact on the region. Experience of previous epidemics/financial crises suggests that the current crisis will lead to a rise in child labour across the developing world, including ...» more
Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.5
This week, features resources on virtual parliaments and virtual qualitative research methods; and how C19 is affecting positive peace, conflict dynamics, and peacekeeping. Many of the core C19 themes continue to be covered this week, including increasing gender-based violence and hunger, C19-related media suppression, the evolving new world order (or ‘disorder’), and corruption. The summary…» more
Nature-based solutions and water security
Water security is important for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, and socio-economic development. It involves safeguarding sustainable access to adequate quantities of acceptable water as well as protection against water risks. Achieving water security depends on a number of elements including natural processes, infrastructure, institutions, and governance. Water ...» more
Faith-based organisations and current development debates
This report provides a brief synthesis of the role of faith-based organisations in civil society. Faith-based organisations (FBOs) became more prominent in donor agendas, international development and academic research in the 1990s. There has been an increase in the number of FBOs from the 1980s onwards in response to neo-liberal policies in many countries, which resulted in ...» more
Developing More Inclusive Politics Through Sub-national Electoral Processes
In post-conflict environments, the international community plays an important role in supporting successful planning, delivery, and embedding of elections within a wider context of support to political systems and democratisation. This rapid review provides an overview of lessons on developing more inclusive politics through sub-national electoral processes in recent academic, ...» more
