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Home»Anna Louise Strachan

M&E methods for local government performance

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
March 2018

A range of methods can be used to monitor and evaluate whether a programme/workstream has contributed to change in local governance, service delivery and economic development, and to generate understanding and knowledge that can be shared with others to support better governance, service delivery and economic development in a decentralised government system. This report ...» more

Donor funded alliances promoting regional cooperation

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
March 2018

There are a significant number of donor funded regional cooperation arrangements across a broad range of thematic areas. However, the level of their success varies considerably, and the literature search carried out for this report did not identify any unqualified successes. Areas of cooperation include defence, environmental issues and economic integration. There is a ...» more

Linkages between private sector development, conflict and peace

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
September 2017

The private sector can both exacerbate drivers of conflict and contribute to peacebuilding in post-conflict states. Examples of the role that the private sector can play in conflict and peace at the macro, meso and micro levels include the following: Macro level There is a general consensus in the literature that illicit trade in natural resources can increase in the ...» more

Myanmar’s stabilisation challenges

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
May 2017

The communities currently most at risk of, and affected by, conflict and violence are those living in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone and in other parts of northern Shan State. Other affected communities include those in Kachin, Rakhine, Chin and Kayin States. The community most affected by the threat of forced displacement is the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group, in Rakhine ...» more

Changes in economic activity during and after conflict 

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
March 2017

Conflict changes economic activity in a number of ways. This report looks at whether these  changes in economic activity become entrenched after conflict has ended. The available  evidence found within the scope of this report suggests that the extent to which changes in  economic activity become entrenched after conflict depends on how developed a country was prior to conflict ...» more

Conflict analysis of Egypt

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
February 2017

In 2011 Egypt experienced mass protests culminating in the fall of long serving president, Hosni Mubarak. The time in power of the country’s first democratically elected President, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, was short-lived. He was deposed by Egypt’s military on 3 July 2013, following anti-government demonstrations. Abdul Fatah el-Sisi, former head of the armed ...» more

Cross-border drivers of conflict across Sudan, Egypt, and Jordan

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
February 2017

Conflict drivers/breaks often affect multiple countries simultaneously. Moreover, conflict drivers such as violent extremism; migration; and goods trafficking are often interlinked (Browne, 2013, p. 1). Migration and trafficking often follow the same geographical routes through multiple countries, and can also involve weapons smuggling for extremist groups. Moreover, ...» more

Factors behind the fall of Mosul to ISIL (Daesh) in 2014

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
January 2017

The city of Mosul in Iraq’s Nineveh Province fell to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), known in Iraq as Daesh, on June 9 2014, following three days of fighting between jihadists and the Iraqi Security Forces. General factors behind the fall of Mosul in 2014: Sectarian policies: Marginalisation of the Sunni minority following the 2003 US-led invasion of ...» more

Rapid fragility and migration assessment for Sudan

Literature Review
  • Anna Louise Strachan
February 2016

Sudan is a source, transit, and destination country for migrants. Sudanese migrants are a mixed group of refugees and asylum seekers, economic migrants and, to a lesser extent, foreign students. The majority are men aged 25–40, and they come from a wide range of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. The majority of refugees and asylum seekers are in neighbouring ...» more

Conflict analysis of Muslim Mindanao

Conflict Analysis
  • Anna Louise Strachan
December 2015

The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines was founded in 1989. It consists of five provinces – Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. Conflict between Moro groups seeking an independent state in Mindanao, and the Government of the Philippines (GPH) has been ongoing for four decades. After numerous attempts to resolve the conflicts, a ...» more

Youth transitions into adulthood in protracted crises

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
October 2015

Protracted crises can have a significant impact on youth transitions into adulthood, both by delaying and accelerating them. Waithood is a term commonly used to describe the state in which youths find themselves when their transitions to adulthood are delayed. There is a significant body of literature on youth transitions into adulthood in developing countries, with heavy ...» more

Women in politics and the public sector in Tanzania

Helpdesk Report
  • Anna Louise Strachan
October 2015

The body of literature on women’s engagement in politics in Tanzania is relatively small, consisting of journal articles and government and NGO reports. Key topics covered by the literature include: Special seats for women: A quota system was introduced in 1985 to increase the number of women in parliament. Two journal articles by the same author look at this system in ...» more

Gender and conflict

Topic Guide
  • Anna Louise Strachan,
  • Huma Haider
April 2015

What do we know about the role of gender inequality in producing or exacerbating the structural causes of violence and conflict, and about the multi-layered effects of violence and conflict on gender relations? What do we know about how to support gender equality in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS)? This Topic Guide introduces the research evidence. ...» more

Conflict analysis of Algeria

Conflict Analysis
  • Anna Louise Strachan
January 2014

Local and regional protests about a diverse range of socio-economic issues have been taking place in Algeria since 2011. However, much of the literature suggests that Algeria was not greatly affected by the protests emerging from the 'Arab Spring'. The Algerian government has succeeded in preventing protests from escalating to the levels witnessed in neighbouring countries ...» more

Conflict analysis of Morocco

Conflict Analysis
  • Anna Louise Strachan
January 2014

Since the onset of the Arab Spring, Morocco has experienced protests about a diverse range of economic, political, and social issues. King Mohammed VI responded rapidly to the early protests, implementing a new constitution in 2011. However much of the literature suggests that, to date, these reforms have had a limited impact. Moreover, there have been rising levels of unrest ...» more

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