The consequences of war extend far beyond direct deaths. In addition to battlefield casualties, armed conflict often leads to forced migration, refugee flows, capital flight, and the destruction of societies’ infrastructure. It also creates a development gap between those countries that have experienced armed conflict and those that have not.This paper conducts a statistical ...» 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.
Theories of change in anti-corruption work: A tool for programme design and evaluation
The paper presents a user-friendly five-step methodology for building a theory of change for an anti-corruption programme or project. It highlights the importance of preconditions, factors that must be in place for the intervention to work as intended, distinguishing between those preconditions that can be addressed by the programme design and those that cannot. Finally, the ...» more
All Quiet on Election Day? International Election Observation and Incentives for Violent Manipulation in African Elections
This paper analyses election related violence during African elections in the 1990-2009 period to examine the role of international election observations. The paper tests three hypothesis: 1) The presence of credible international observer organisations increases the likelihood of election-related violence in the pre-election period; 2) The presence of credible international ...» more
Check my school: A Case Study on Citizens’ Monitoring of the Education Sector in the Philippines
This case study sheds light on the design and implementation features of the first pilot cycle of Check My School (CMS) in public schools across the Philippines. The case study discusses the general political background and operating environment of the CMS project, its concept and operating principles, the roles and incentives of the major stakeholders involved in its design ...» more
Citizens and Service Delivery: Assessing the Use of Social Accountability Approaches in the Human Development Sectors.
In theory, if citizens have access to information about their rights and the type and quality of services that they should expect, and if they have opportunities to use this information to affect the behaviour of providers and the decisions of policy makers, they can influence service delivery. This book looks at how this works in practice.This book looks at the use of social ...» more