This report assesses existing monitoring/early warning systems for environmental threats (geological hazards, hydro-meteorological hazards, epidemics and food insecurity). It identifies current gaps and needs, and suggests guidelines for developing a global multi-hazard early warning system. Effective early warning systems integrate four elements: risk analysis; monitoring and ...» 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.
The Instrumental versus the Symbolic: Investigating Members’ Participation in Civil Society Networks in Tanzania
Civil society organisations (CSO) can provide a conduit through which the voices of citizens are able to reach and influence high-level policy dialogue and debate. But is this happening in practice? This study set out to examine how effectively and meaningfully CSO member organisations are participating in two civil society networks in Tanzania, and to assess how effective ...» more
The Politics of Practice: Security and Justice Programming in FCAS
Security and justice programming in fragile and conflict-affected situations often remains technocratic, siloed, and insufficiently attuned to context, despite more nuanced thinking in recent policy documents. How can policy be implemented more effectively? This report summarises discussion at an expert meeting hosted by ODI in November 2012. The report outlines challenges and ...» more
Adaptive Social Protection: Making Concepts a Reality
This guide provides an inventory of existing toolkits on incorporating CCA and DDR into development projects and programmes, but notes a lack of focus on designing social protection programmes. To address this gap, the guide outlines the process required to incorporate climate change adaptation and/or disaster risk reduction into social protection programmes. It provides case ...» more
Development as a collective action problem: addressing the real challenges of African governance
There has been growing recognition in the literature that governance reforms should be guided not by ‘best practices’ based on experience in the West, but by approaches that attain a ‘good fit’ with the needs and possibilities of particular developing countries.This report argues that this alternative agenda remains ‘dangerously content-free’. There is a need to spell out what ...» more