This paper addresses the question of whether official development assistance promotes gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region. The paper examines the effects on women’s political empowerment of aid to Women’s Equality Organizations and Institutions, measured by the proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments. The paper uses panel data (covering ...» more
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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.
The Logic of Child Soldiering and Coercion
Why do armed groups recruit large numbers of children as fighters, often coercively? The international community has tried to curb these crimes by shaming and punishing leaders who commit them—in short, making the crimes costlier. Are these policies effective and sufficient? The answer lies in more attention to the strategic interaction between rebel leaders and recruits. This ...» more
Travelling together: improving the access of people with disability to road infrastructure in Papua New Guinea
Despite the fact that an estimated 10 to 15 per cent of the population, or 520,000 people, are living with a disability in PNG, people with disability are often excluded from community development activities. Road infrastructure is a recognised approach to poverty reduction in developing countries, through improving community access to essential services, social networks and ...» more
Triple Jeopardy: Gender-based violence and human rights violations experienced by women with disabilities in Cambodia
Cambodian women with disabilities experience multiple disadvantages resulting from the interplay between gender, disability and poverty. This participatory research project, developed collaboratively between Australian and Cambodian partners, investigated prevalence and experiences of gender-based violence of women with disabilities in comparison to women without disabilities; ...» more
Poverty and Support for Militant Politics: Evidence from Pakistan
Policy debates on strategies to end extremist violence frequently cite poverty as a root cause of support for the perpetrating groups. There is little evidence to support this contention, particularly in the Pakistani case. Pakistan’s urban poor are more exposed to the negative externalities of militant violence and may in fact be less supportive of the groups. This paper tests ...» more