This briefing draws on recent ODI research and evaluation to review opportunities to promote women’s political participation and leadership in transitional and post-conflict settings, assess current international efforts to do so, and provide recommendations for policy and programming in this area. Key findings: Post-conflict and transitional settings provide real opportunities ...» 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.
Why women participate less in civic activity: Evidence from Mali
This paper finds that a randomly assigned civic education course in Mali widened the gender gap, when it increased civic activity among men while decreasing that among women. Qualitative evidence reveals mechanisms by which the intervention generated perverse consequences for women. In a place where women are traditionally unwelcome actors in the public sphere, the course ...» more
Hungry for peace: positives and pitfalls of local truces and ceasefires in Syria
This report presents in-depth academic analysis to both top down attempts and more than 35 different local negotiations in different parts of Syria, between October 2011 and October 2014. It uses information gathered by field researchers inside Syria and from 45 interviews. It includes case studies on Homs, the Damascus countryside, Ras al-Ain and the provision of services in ...» more
Strengthening social justice to address intersecting inequalities post-2015
The people most likely to be left behind by development are those facing 'intersecting inequalities', or economic deficits intersecting with discrimination and exclusion on the grounds of identity and locational disadvantage. The experiences and relative successes of seven countries reviewed in this report suggest that there are a small number of 'key ingredients' required to ...» more
Global and regional supermarkets for producers and workers in Kenyan and Ugandan horticulture.
Comparative case studies were undertaken in Kenya and Uganda to examine the economic and social implications for FFV producers and workers supplying global, regional and domestic supermarket value chains. Research was undertaken in Kenya between May 2011 and June 2012 focusing on FFV value chain actors. A mapping was undertaken of the FFV value chain, including links to global, ...» more