What do we know about Turkey’s rapidly increasing humanitarian engagement? This article analyses the most important foreign and domestic policy issues and actors influencing Turkish humanitarian assistance. It questions the sustainability and scalability of current aid levels and calls for a more informed approach to working with various Turkish actors. The paper draws on: ...» 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.
Learning from governance initiatives for conflict resolution: Local agency, inclusive dialogue and developmentality
This report seeks to draw lessons learned from several of the governance initiatives for conflict resolution under examination in the Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution in Europe and India (CORE) project. The report finds that there is a general lack of consideration for local agency and its potential capacity in the design and implementation of initiatives, and ...» more
Theorising age and generation in development: A relational approach
Despite young people’s presence as targets of development interventions and as a sub-field within wider developmental concerns, generational perspectives pertaining to young people remain too often absent. This introduction to a special issue outlines the analytical approach of ‘generationing’ development. It argues that life phases matter and seeks to explore how young ...» more
Growing up in Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh: The impact of social protection schemes on girl’s roles and responsibilities
Contrary to popular understanding, there is little evidence that increasing participation in social protection enhances the development of girls in participating households. What happens to girls’ roles and responsibilities when households participate in social protection schemes in rural Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh? This article argues that effects cannot be answered with a ...» more
Challenging empowerment: AIDS-affected southern African children and the need for a multi-level relational approach
Is ‘empowerment’ a helpful approach to addressing problems faced by marginalised children? This paper argues that empowerment, when envisaged as individual self-transformation and increased capacity to act independently, offers little basis for progressive change. Instead it calls for a relational approach that will transform power relationships at multiple levels. This ...» more