Monitoring
The Politics of Supply Chain Regulations: Towards Foreign Corporate Accountability in the Area of Human Rights and the Environment?
2023
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Regulation & Governance
Maria-Therese Gustafsson and Almut Schilling-Vacaflor
In recent years, binding regulations in the “home states” of corporations have emerged mainly in the Global North with the aim of holding corporations accountable…
Climate Change Actions in Conflict Affected Contexts: Insights from Myanmar after the Military Coup
2023
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Danish Institute for International Studies
Maria Kyed and Justine Chambers
Violent conflict and state oppression in Myanmar demonstrates the importance of placing conflict analysis and people-centred approaches at the centre of international programming on climate…
Braiding Knowledge Systems as Environmental Peacebuildinng: A Four-Dimensional Analysis for Co-Applying Idigenous and Non-Indigenous Worldviews in Great Lakes Water Governance
2022
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International Christian University
Natalija Vojno
Environmental peacebuilding has evolved since Conca and Dabelko’s seminal work on peacemaking to now include preventative interventions as well as those that occur post-conflict. In…
An Overview of the African Peacebuilding Network's Contribution to African Peacebuilding Literature
2023
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African Peacebuilding Network
Godwin Onuoha
This working paper surveys, documents, and analyzes the contributions of APN scholars to the knowledge and practice of peacebuilding in Africa against the background of…
The Power of Real-World Qualitative Assessments for Addressing Climate Security Risks
2023
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Climate Diplomacy
Hector Morales-Munoz
Qualitative research can uncover hidden drivers and connectors, reveal unintended consequences, and generate contextualised and actionable knowledge by delving into the lived experiences, perceptions, values,…
M&E Insights Episode 6: M&E in Conflict-Affected Artisanal Mining Communities (w/ Victoria Reichel) [Video]
2023
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Environmental Law Institute and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
In this video, Victoria Reichel shares her experience and learning related to Monitoring and Evaluating Financing, Gender, and Security Dynamics in Conflict-affected Artisanal Mining Communities –…
The Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace: An Evaluation
2023
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Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Amanda Woomer and Annika Erickson-Pearson
The Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) is a community of practice (CoP or community) that aims to strengthen networking and community building on environmental…
The Political Economy of Land Law and Policy Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo: An Institutional Bricolage Approach
2019
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Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Christopher D. Huggins and Christol Paluku
This article provides an overview of the contemporary land reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and presents strategies used by local non-governmental organizations…
Wicked Problems in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding: Making Progress in Measuring Progress Through the New Deal
2013
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Global Governance
Erin McCandless
Peacebuilding and its relatively new partner in international policy discourse and practice—statebuilding—are moving in increasingly larger circles with the recognition that business cannot be done…
What Works in Practice? Responding to Complexity in International Development Monitoring and Evaluation
2019
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George Washington University
Kathryn Hendren
The integration of complexity into study and practice of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has been accompanied by increased demands on M&E teams. Practitioners must now meet accountability…
What Are The Opportunities to Promote Gender Equity in Conflict-Affected and Fragile States? Insights from a Review of Evidence
2011
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Gender & Development
Helen O'Connell
This article draws on a study which reviewed current evidence and lessons on how gender equality can be effectively strengthened in the context of conflict-affected…
Using Transformative Models of Adult Literacy in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Processes at Community Level: Examples from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Sudan
2005
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Compare - A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Juliet McCaffery
This paper draws on the experience in Guinea, Sierra Leone and South Sudan, to explore how the methodology and modalities of community based participatory literacy…
Unexceptional: Assessing Conflict Trends and Peacebuilding Opportunities in the United States
2018
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Liz Hume
Americans have long believed that the United States is exceptional among nations, but there are signs that conflict dynamics are threatening the stability of US…
Understanding Theory of Change in International Development
2012
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The Asia Foundation
Danielle Stein and Craig Valters
This is a review of the concepts and common debates within ‘Theory of Change’ (ToC) material, resulting from a search and detailed analysis of available…
Transparency and Accountability in the Extractives Sector: A Synthesis of What Works and What Does Not
2019
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International Initiative for Impact Evaluatio
Francis Rathinam, Priyanka Cardoz, Zeba Siddiqui, and Marie Gaarder
While there are a number of transparency and accountability initiatives in the natural resources governance sector, evidence on the impact of these initiative remains sparse.…
Third-generation PCIA: Introducing the Aid for Peace Approach
2005
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Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
Thania Paffenholz
How can the Aid for Peace approach help to address the questions surrounding the debate on Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA)? The Aid for…
Theories of Change in Sustainability Science
2019
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Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Christoph Oberlack, Thomas Breu, Markus Giger, Nicole Harari, Karl Herweg, Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Peter Messerli, Stephanie Moser, Cordula Ott, Isabelle Providoli, Theresa Tribaldos, Anne Zimmerman, Flurina Schneider
Science-based initiatives generate particular changes towards sustainable development. But why and how does this work? Theories of change (ToCs) can help in understanding the theoretical…
The Role of the External in Local Peacebuilding: Enabling Action -- Managing Risk
2013
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Global Governance
Jannie Lilja and Kristine Hoglund
Local peacebuilding has been embraced in principle by many donors, but the practice of external support to local initiatives needs further systematic study. While previous…
The Role of Education in Peacebuilding: An Analysis of Five Change Theories in Sierra Leone
2014
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Compare - A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Christine S. Ellison
This paper raises a number of critical questions regarding the contribution of education to peacebuilding. Despite recent calls for greater collaboration between the two fields,…
The Role of an International Facilitating Service for Conflict Resolution
2006
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International Negotiation (Hague, Netherlands)
Herbert Kelman
The large numbers of deadly conflicts between ethnic and other identity groups around the world call for more extensive and systematic applications of interactive problem-solving…
The Evaluation of Peacebuilding Initiatives: Putting Learning into Practice
2010
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Strategies of Peace
Hal Culbertson
An appropriate evaluation of peacebuilding initiatives is a pressing concern for improving and legitimizing peacebuilding efforts. Culbertson provides a helpful comparison of accountability-based and learning-based…
The EU Peace II Fund and the International Fund for Ireland: Nurturing Cross-Community Contact and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
2009
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Geopolitics
Sean Byrne, Jobb Arnold, Eyob Fissuh, Katerina Standish, Cynthia Irvin, and Pauline Tennent
Economic aid is one component of peacebuilding that has been given increasing prominence in its ability to build both sustainable peace and development. This article…
The Ethical Tipping Points of Evaluators in Conflict Zones
2014
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American Journal of Evaluation
Colleen Duggan and Kenneth Bush
What is different about the conduct of evaluations in conflict zones compared to nonconflict zones—and how do these differences affect (if at all) the ethical…
The Dual Track of Democracy Promotion in Post-War Peacebuilding in Cambodia: The Gap Between Institutional Development and Civil Society Mobilisation
2018
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Peacebuilding
SungYong Lee and Park WookBoem
Through consideration of the promotion of democracy in post-war reconstruction in the country, this article aims to explain why anti-government protests in Cambodia have recently…
Swedish Development Cooperation in Transition? Lessons and Reflections from 71 Sida Decentralised Evaluations (April 2011-April 2013)
2013
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Sida Studies in Evaluation
Ian Christoplos, Anna L. Hedqvist, and Jessica Rothman
This report presents the findings of a review of 71 decentralised evaluations of Swedish development cooperation carried out during 2011-2013, through Sida’s framework agreement for…
Stakeholder Participation in Freshwater Monitoring and Evaluation Programs: Applying Thresholds of Potential Concern Within Environmental Flows
2018
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Environmental Management
John Conallin, Craig A. McLoughlin, Josh Campbell, Roger Knight, Troy Bright, and Ian Fisher
The complex nature of freshwater systems provides challenges for incorporating evidence-based techniques into management. This paper investigates the potential of participatory evidence-based techniques to involve…
Restoration of Damaged Land in Soceities Recovering from Conflict: The Case of Lebanon
2012
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Routledge
Aida Tamer-Chammas
Societies emerging from armed conflict face multiple social, political, and economic challenges. Natural resource management has been hailed as a tool for post-conflict peacebuilding because…
Remembering the Red Sea Marine Peace Park
2016
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Marine Transboundary Conservation and Protected Areas
Michelle Portman and Yael Teff-Seker
This chapter aims to share the background of the Marine peace park (MPP) Korea initiative and explores implications and lessons from the experience of the…
Social Dialogue: A Tool of Social Reintegration and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Nepal
2019
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Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
Chiranjibi Bhandari
Successfully reintegrating former rebels into civil society is a crucial task in post conflict countries. In the aftermath of a decade-long conflict (1996-2006) in Nepal,…
Putting Peace Back Into the Peace Corps: Restoring International Volunteering for Development as a Peacebuilding Modality
2020
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Joshua M. Inton-Campbell
International volunteering for development is neglected as a peacebuilding model, despite its origins in the early 20th-century pacifist movement. In part, this is due to…