This review sets out evidence of the impact that disasters have on women, adolescent girls and girls. It identifies initiatives and investments that have been developed to address or mitigate these. Available data, though limited, indicates that women are more likely to die than men after a large scale disaster. This is due to social and cultural reasons and existing gender ...» 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.
Research gaps in cash transfer programming
This study was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership in advance of defining potential research topics for 2014. Its aim was to:Understand what action and evidence-based research is currently available. Find out who the key research actors are, and how research findings and recommendations are used and shared, and research impact monitored. Identify and prioritise gaps ...» more
The Care Connection: The World Bank and women’s unpaid care work in select sub-Saharan African countries
With the aim of reducing women’s greater unpaid care work than men’s and increasing women’s paid employment, this paper examines the extent to which World Bank investments address unpaid care work. Based on in-depth gender analysis of 36 Bank projects, our research concludes that only three (8%) of the 36 reviewed projects explicitly seek to reduce women’s care-related time ...» more
Governments Falter in Fight to Curb Corruption
A majority of people in 34 African countries condemn their governments' anticorruption efforts, according to Afrobarometer surveys of more than 51,000 people between October 2011 and June 2013. Fifty-six percent of people said their governments have done a 'fairly” or “very bad' job of fighting corruption; while just 35% say their governments have done this 'fairly” or “very ...» more
The Partnership of Free Speech & Good Governance in Africa
Freedom of speech is not just valuable as a democratic end in itself. It is strongly linked to popular perceptions of both media effectiveness and good governance, according to new data from Afrobarometer, collected during face-to-face interviews with 51,605 people in 34 countries during 2011-2013. Key Findings:Just half of Africans (49%) across 34 countries say that they are ...» more