The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. It seeks to improve the access of rural villagers to basic services and to create a foundation of village governance based on democratic processes and female participation. This impact evaluation (NSP-IE) is a multi-year randomized control trial designed to measure the effects of ...» more
Library
This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
Betrayed: Politics, Power and Prosperity
This book addresses the subject of global poverty, arguing that that the root problem lies in political and social discrimination hindering entrepreneurship. It draws on studies of China and Vietnam for good case practices, where the poor are able to seize business opportunities and drive wealth creation. Key findings:The poor are poor because they are excluded, deliberately or ...» more
The Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict: Domestic and Regional Ramifications and the Role of the International Community
Eritrea and Ethiopia have been locked in bitter conflict since 1998; a conflict that has exacerbated internal political crises in both states, split the two ruling parties, threatened regional peace and security, and cost tens of thousands of lives. This paper argues that the reasons for the conflict are far more complex than many have assumed, and are intrinsically embedded in ...» more
Writing the ‘Other’ into humanitarian discourse: framing theory and practice in South–South humanitarian responses to forced displacement
Although Southern-led development initiatives have enjoyed increasing attention by academics in recent years, there remains a relative paucity of research on South-South humanitarian responses. This paper investigates South-South humanitarian action because of the potential it has to demand a radical reconceptualization of dominant humanitarian theory. A preliminary mapping ...» more
Rewards for High Public Offices and the Quality of Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Increasingly, setting the institutional arrangements for remunerating high public officeholders (HPOs) is seen as a central design issue for improving governance. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), recent efforts to review and revise national constitutions and/or introduce new government structures have brought this issue to the fore. Changes in these “grand institutions” provide ...» more