Agriculture and social protection are fundamentally linked in the context of rural livelihoods. Social protection programmes contribute to higher household incomes and increased consumption, enhancing households’ ability to produce food. This report shows that even relatively small transfers help the poor overcome liquidity and credit constraints, and provide insurance against ...» 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.
Social protection and sustainable natural resource management: initial findings and good practices from small-scale fisheries
How does social protection and other measures reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience among households and communities dependent on renewable natural resources? The paper identifies and reviews the potential of social protection policies, schemes and instruments. It shows that small-scale fishers and fishworkers are typically inadequately or totally unprotected. While ...» more
Social protection and safety nets in the Middle East and North Africa
What role can social protection play in addressing the significant and interdependent social, political, economic and environmental challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA)? This report gives an overview of the provision of social protection in MENA and how safety nets and broader social protection instruments can offer partial solutions to some of these ...» more
An evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad: A community driven governance programme in Somalia/Somaliland
The report presents the results of an evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad, a Community Driven Reconstruction (CDR) programme in Somaliland and Somalia.The programme was funded by DFID and implemented by CARE, DRC and IRC, and aimed at strengthening local governance in rural and rather remote districts in Somaliland (Erigabo) and Puntland (Galkayo and Burtinle). To work towards ...» more
The politics of governing oil effectively: A comparative study of two new oil-rich states in Africa
This paper challenges the mainstream understanding that the quality of institutions within resource-rich countries is the key to how successfully they will manage to avoid the ‘resource curse’. While this understanding would expect democratic Ghana to more effectively and accountably manage its oil than semi-authoritarian Uganda, the findings of this paper suggest otherwise. ...» more