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Humanitarian Action (2020 Update)

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Dr Hugo Slim
December 2020

  K4D professional development Reading Packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts and highlight the emerging issues and debates within them. They aim to help inform policies that are more resilient to the future. This publication is a new edition of this reading pack. The 2014 edition was written by Sara Pantuliano for GSDRC as…» more

Implementing Public Financial Management Reform

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Paul Chignell
February 2017

Changing existing governance systems can be challenging, especially if communication of the changes, the reasons behind them, and the planned or expected results to be achieved are lacking. In fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS), this can be further complicated by the involvement of international agencies and their relationships with country governments, as well as by…» more

Poverty and conflict

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Zoe Marks
October 2016

Poverty and conflict are widely understood to be closely interconnected; with poverty making countries more prone to civil war, and armed conflict weakening governance and economic performance, thus increasing the risk of conflict relapse (Goodhand 2001). The selected readings in this pack move beyond reductive and harmful assumptions about ‘pathologies’ of poverty to examine the…» more

National climate governance and politics

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Jesse Worker
September 2016

In the wake of the Paris Agreement on climate change, multilaterals and aid agencies are shifting significant attention to the national arena, where the fulfilment of climate commitments will depend upon new legal and regulatory frameworks, supporting institutions, and the political support within and outside the government. The characteristics of climate change—complexity, uncertainty, irreversibility, and…» more

Social movements

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Alina Rocha Menocal
September 2016

Social movements as contentious politics Social movements are large, often informal groupings of people who come together against power holders around a common cause, in response to situations of perceived inequality, oppression and/or unmet social, political, economic or cultural demands. At their core, social movements are not about “polite debate” or “invited spaces” of interaction between…» more

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