The international policy community is increasingly recognising the untapped potential of administrative and social services to restore peace and stability. This multi-partner United Nations (UN) study seeks to determine whether the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) should increase its support to administrative and social services, and if so, to what types of programming. The paper ...» 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.
Strengthening the roles of political parties in public accountability: A case study of a new approach in political party assistance in Kenya
This paper contributes to the body of knowledge on the role of political parties in promoting public accountability. It assesses how and to what extent the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy’s (NIMD) approach using Centres for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) as national platforms for and by political parties, assists political parties in their key roles between citizens ...» more
Why politics matter: Aid effectiveness and domestic accountability in the health sector
This paper looks at the impact of different modalities of aid on domestic accountability, by focusing on the health sector in Zambia and Uganda. It examines how aid and mechanisms around aid have interacted with domestic accountability relationships, as well as with information flows between donors and governments and outwards to citizens. In particular, it compares and ...» more
How To Guide to Conflict Sensitivity
Conflict Sensitivity Consortium comprises 35 humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and multi-mandate NGOs operating in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and the UK, who all share a commitment to being more conflict sensitive. With support from a four-year project funded by the UK Department for International Development – ‘Conflict Sensitivity – from concept to impact’ – the ...» more
Climate-Responsive Social Protection
This paper sets out the case for climate-responsive social protection (SP) and proposes a framework with principles, design features and functions that would help SP systems evolve in a climate-responsive direction. The principles comprise climate-aware planning; livelihood-based approaches that consider the full range of assets and institutions available to households and ...» more