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These professional development reading packs provide thought-provoking introductions by international experts to governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian topics and the emerging issues and debates within them. Most packs are accompanied by video presentations.

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.12

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
August 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on Yemeni women’s role in the C19 response, amidst war; how C19 has changed the focus and urgency of…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.11

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
August 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on the impacts of C19 on geopolitics in East Africa; advice on collecting data on gender-based violence during C19;…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.10

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
July 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on how C19 is affecting relations between the state and religious authorities in North Africa; how Trump’s “war on…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.9

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
July 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on Rohingya refugee experiences of C19 in the Cox’s Bazar camps; how civil society can progress the Women, Peace…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.8

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
July 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19) to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on a C19 conflict sensitivity tool; a database on ceasefire updates; C19 lessons from the 14th century Black Plague;…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.7

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
July 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on democratic backsliding under C19; how C19 is increasing gender inequality in conflict affected contexts and is increasing domestic…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.6

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
June 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aim to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on public perceptions of government responses to C19 (comparing views from democracies and non-democracies) and how C19 is shaping…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.5

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
June 2020

This week, features resources on virtual parliaments and virtual qualitative research methods; and how C19 is affecting positive peace, conflict dynamics, and peacekeeping. Many of the core C19 themes continue to be covered this week, including increasing gender-based violence and hunger, C19-related media suppression, the evolving new world order (or ‘disorder’), and corruption. The summary…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.4

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
June 2020

This weekly Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, features resources on: the gender gap in C19 responses; questions to ensure conflict sensitivity in C19 responses; how to protect children…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.3

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
June 2020

This weekly Covid-19 Conflict and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week features resources on why we need ‘leader-centred’ analysis to understand how individual leaders’ choices have shaped the effectiveness of C19 responses…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.2

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
June 2020

This weekly Covid-19 Conflict and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19 (C19), to inform and support their responses. This week, key focus issues and themes include: the impact of C19 in Latin America, as it now appears to be the epicentre…» more

Covid-19, Conflict, and Governance Evidence Summary No.1

E-Learning
  • Weekly Evidence Summary
  • Siân Herbert
May 2020

This weekly Covid-19 Conflict and Governance Evidence Summary aims to signpost DFID and other UK government departments to the latest evidence and opinions on Covid-19, to inform and support their responses. This week, many of the key themes that emerged at the start of the Covid-19 continue to be discussed, including: allegations of corruption related…» 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

Humanitarian learning resource guide

E-Learning
  • Resource list
  • Brigitte Rohwerder
September 2016

This 12-page guide is designed to provide DFID staff and other interested parties with information about free online courses and materials they can use to develop or refresh their humanitarian technical competencies. It is not an exhaustive list, but provides a starting point for those working to support DFID’s humanitarian objectives. Further resources may be…» 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

Social protection systems

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Philip White
July 2016

A social protection system, in an international development context, is broadly understood to be an integrated national portfolio of interventions which aims to serve four basic functions for households and individuals: protection of a minimum standard of living, prevention of deprivation through increasing resilience to shocks, and promotion of sustainable livelihood improvements. At a societal…» more

Governance, politics and growth

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Kunal Sen
July 2016

In recent years, there has been an increasing realisation that political institutions and governance matter when explaining economic growth in developing countries. Here, political institutions refer to the process of collective decision-making and the checks on politicians and politically and economically powerful interest groups. Governance refers to the capability of the state to provide public…» more

Stabilisation

E-Learning
  • Reading pack
  • Sultan Barakat
July 2016

What is stabilisation? Stabilisation efforts have become a common policy component of intervention in conflict response throughout the world. In recent years, there have been significant stabilisation interventions in places such as the Western Balkans, Haiti and Mali, among others. The concept of stabilisation, understood as the requirement to meet basic humanitarian and development needs…» more

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