The Capturing the Gains (CTG) project investigated the conditions within global value chains (GVCs) under which business competitiveness and broader social prosperity come together with the aim of promoting fairer trade and decent work, as well as what role development policy interventions play in that process. This paper provides a synthesis of CTG findings from the African ...» 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.
Women in Peace and Security through United Nations Security Resolution 1325: Literature Review, Content Analysis of National Action Plans, and Implementation
This Working Paper looks at the Women, Peace and Security agenda as laid out in UNSCR 1325 and in six following Security Council Resolutions to assess progress in the past decade and a half since its adoption in 2000. An extensive desk study of the existing literature was conducted, as well as a detailed content analysis of 40 of the 42 existing 1325 National Action Plans ...» more
The ideal of gender justice and the UNSCR 1325
The paper examines why the efforts to promote gender justice by development aid have not succeeded in dealing with deeply-rooted structural injustices which prevent the realization of social justice and gender equality. The study analyses the implementation of the UNSCR 1325 ‘Women, Peace, and Security’ in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The paper concludes that in ...» more
Re-thinking Gender in Peacebuilding
This report is based on a three-year research project on gender in peacebuilding, which involved field research in four countries (Burundi, Colombia, Nepal and Uganda), with a thematic focus on four areas of peacebuilding:access to justice (including formal, informal, traditional and transitional justice); economic recovery (especially of ex-combatants and of returnee ...» more
Impact of the Chars Livelihoods Programme on the Disaster Resilience of Chars Communities
This study attempts to measure the impact that the Chars Livelihood Programme (CLP) has had on the disaster resilience of communities. It used a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires and then a score card was created. Key Informant Interviews were then performed to collect qualitative data to understand the findings of the survey. The ...» more