This paper reviews the progress made toward the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) regarding gender equality and women’s empowerment, and outlines the importance of continuing this focus for the post-2015 development agenda. Progress towards the Millennium Development Goal 3 (MDG 3; see Box 1) target has been mixed. Although gender equality in access to primary schooling ...» 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.
How Much Does Women’s Empowerment Influence their Wellbeing? Evidence from Africa
This paper uses survey data from rural Senegal to model the effects on married women’s subjective wellbeing of the amount of freedom they have in the home. Senegal has a democratically elected government, which broadly supports human rights and women’s empowerment, but this contrasts with conservative attitudes towards women in some traditional rural communities. Our data ...» more
Back to Basics: A Compilation of Best Practices in Design, Monitoring & Evaluation in Fragile and Conflict-affected Environments
Conflict-affected and fragile environments can change quickly. How can you ensure your programme is flexible enough to adapt to the changing environment? This practical guide focuses on the key elements of programme design in fragile and conflict environments, and what steps need to be taken to ensure that effective monitoring and evaluation processes are built in from the ...» more
Impact Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Interventions
Impact evaluations are increasingly used as a tool to establish what works, why and under what circumstances in a variety of development sectors. However, doubts have been voiced as to the feasibility and desirability of carrying out impact evaluation in contexts of conflict and fragility. Some evaluators and practitioners in this field raise four main concerns: (i) it is ...» more
Changing Social Contracts: Beliefs and Dissipative Inclusion in Brazil
This paper discusses the changing social contract in Brazil by examining the correlation between beliefs and distribution policies that have shifted over the last thirty years. It is based on the premise that such a large punctuated change in beliefs and the ensuing shift in social contract is a relatively rare event in the modern world. Using both a literature review and ...» more