Programming
Local Level Challenges to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
2003
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International Peacekeeping
Carrie Manning
Laying the basis for a sustainable political order in the aftermath of civil war requires a broader perspective on the state than the one commonly…
Local Experiences of Liberal Peace: Marketization and Emergent Conflict Dynamics in Sierra Leone
2016
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Journal of Peace Research
Gearoid Millar
Over the past 20 years scholars have repeatedly highlighted the complex relationship between conflict, peace and economics. It is today accepted that economic factors at…
Levels of Conflict Over WIldlife: Understanding and Addressing the Right Problem
2020
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Conservation Science and Practice
Alexandra Zimmermann, Brian McQuinn, and David W. Macdonald
Human–wildlife conflicts are complex and defy simple explanations and solu-tions. The fields of conflict analysis and peacebuilding offer insights into theintensity, intractability, and possible approaches…
Lessons Learned From Environmental Management of the Iraqi Marshlands in the Post-Conflict Period
2011
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Water International
Chizuru Aoki, Ali Al-Lami, and Sivapragasam Kugaprasatham
As part of the United Nations assistance for the reconstruction of Iraq, the United Nations Environment Programme implemented a large-scale initiative in the Iraqi marshlands…
Learning from Change: Issues and Experiences in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
2000
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Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.
Marisol Estrella, Jutta Blauert, Dindo Campilan, John Gaventa,Julian Gonsalves, Irene Guijt, Deb Johnson, and Roger Ricafort
This book is a collection of experiences in participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) from around the world. It allows different ‘voices’ to tell their story from…
Land in the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward
2017
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World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty
Bahram Ghazi, Danilo Antonio, Katia Araujo, Oumar Sylla, Rebecca Ochong, and Susana R. Williams
Land governance underpins all key aspects of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) which was adopted at the closing plenary of the Habitat III, the United…
Land and natural disasters: guidance for practitioners
2010
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Daniel Fitzpatrick
The Guidelines provide a holistic approach to addressing land issues from the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster through early recovery and reconstruction phases. It…
Is Peace Building Donor Driven? Inside the Dynamics and Impacts of Funding Peace
2016
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Cheryl L. Duckworth
The field of peacebuilding and development has engaged in vital discussions on ethical reflective practice, critical pedagogy, and ongoing concerns (Lederach 1997; Miall et al. 2011) about…
International Peacebuilding Goes Local: Analysing Lederach's Conflict Transformation Theory and its Ambivalent Encounter with 20 Years of Practice
2012
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Peacebuilding
Thania Paffenholz
This article examines how peacebuilding theory has influenced the shift from the international to the ‘local’ in the practice of international peacebuilding and analyses the…
Integrating Knowledge Exchange and the Assessment of Dryland Management Alternatives -- A Learning-Centered Participatory Approach
2017
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Journal of Environmental Management
Susana Bautista, Joan Llovet, Anahi Ocampo-Melfar, Alberto Vilagrosa, Angeles G. Mayor, Cristina Murias, V. R. Vallejo, and Barron J. Orr
The adoption of sustainable land management strategies and practices that respond to current climate and human pressures requires both assessment tools that can lead to…
Improving Peacebuilding Evaluation: A Whole-of-Field Approach
2011
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United States Institute of Peace
Andrew Blum
In May 2010, the Alliance for Peacebuilding in collaboration with the United States Institute of Peace launched the Peacebuilding Evaluation Project. Over the course of…
Impact Assessment, Not Evaluation: Defining a Limited Role for Positivism in the Study of Transitional Justice
2010
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International Journal of Transitional Justice
Geoff Dancy
Discussions of impact assessment and evaluation are the newest installment in the brief history of the field of transitional justice. Noticeably, a positivist logic of…
Impact and Outcomes: The Ethical Perils of Distancing in Peacebuilding Grant Solicitation
2016
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Reina Neufeldt
This paper explores the moral values that are embedded in peacebuilding funder discourse that affect the focus and locus of peacebuilding projects. The paper analyses…
ICTs for Monitoring & Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programmes
2014
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Search for Common Ground
Vanessa Corlazzoli and J. White
This document is one of a series of Practice Products developed under the Conflict, Crime, and Violence Results Initiative (CCVRI). The full set of products…
Human Rights Education in Peacebuilding: A Look at How Far the Practice Has Come and Where it Needs to Head
2010
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law
Tracey Holland
The world’s peace-building and development organizations increasingly are incorporating human-rights frameworks into the myriad of activities now under their purview. Slower to develop, however, are…
How Can Research Contribute to Peacebuilding?
2014
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University of York
Kenneth Bush and Colleen Duggan
How do we know whether or not research contributes to peacebuilding? And, what kind of positive or negative impacts may research have? These two questions…
Help or Hinrance? Results-Orientation in Conflict-Affected Situations
2013
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Swiss Peace
Stefan Bachtold, Roland Dittli, and Sylvia Servaes
Results-orientation, impact assessment, and value for money have been creating a growing buzz in the fields of international cooperation and peacebuilding for the last few…
Theory of Change Approach to Climate Change Adaptation Programming
2014
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UKCIP
Dennis Bours, Colleen McGinn, and Patrick Pringle
In this Guidance Note, we describe the Theory of Change approach and explain why it is a good fit for climate change adaptation programming. We…
Generations for Peace Programmes in Kaduna, Nigeria: Monitoring and Evaluation Capability and Programme Impact
2012
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Generations for Peace Institute
Sairah Yusuf
This focus stems from two considerations: first, the state of the Sport for Peace and Development (SPD) field, where a number of recent works have…
Gender Empowerment and United Nations Peacebuilding
2009
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Journal of Peace Research
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis
Previous studies have suggested that societies where women have higher social and economic status and greater political representation are less likely to become involved in…
Gaps in Knowledge About Local Peacebuilding: A Study in Deficiency from Jos, Nigeria
2020
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Third World Quarterly
Reina C. Neufeldt, Mary L. Klassen, John Danboyi, Jessica Dyck, and Mugu Z. Bako
The emphasis on local or hybrid efforts in peacebuilding literature brings front and centre the importance of being rooted within a particular context, with leadership…
From Theory to Practice: A Study of Remotely Managed Localised Humanitarian Action in Syria
2020
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Ghassan Elkahlout and Kareem Elgibali
With unique strengths, problems, and challenges, localisation is an increasingly important modality for humanitarian relief. Based on the primary research including interviews with practitioners who…
Forested Landscapes for Equity: End Evaluation Report
2020
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Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
Dieuwke Klaver, Hermine ten Hove, Jan Brouwers, Bram De Groote, and Jarl Kampen
This report presents the End Evaluation of the Forested Landscapes for Equity Programme, as implemented by the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) over the period 2016-2020.…
Examining the Role of WASH Services Within Peace- and Statebuilding Processes
2012
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Tearfund
Leni WIld and Nathaniel Mason
This synthesis report presents the findings of a one-year research project funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented by Tearfund and ODI,…
Evaluation of the Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Programme
2016
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United Nations Environment Programme
Emery Brusset
UN Environment‘s Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding (ECP) programme was launched in 2008. The stated objective of the project is “to strengthen the capacity of fragile…
Disaster Risk Reduction and Protracted Violent Conflict
2019
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German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Rodrigo Mena, Dorothea Hilhorst, and Katie Peters
This report is part of the project ‘When disasters and conflict collide: uncovering the truth’, a collaboration between the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation…
Disaster Risk Reduction Amidst Armed Conflict: Informal Institutions, Rebel Groups, and Wartime Political Orders
2018
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Disasters
Colin Walsh
Extant research has explored the effect of natural hazards on the risk of armed conflict, but very few studies have examined how conflict dynamics affect…
Conflict Sensitivity and Conservation: Evaluating Design, Implementation & Practice
2018
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Kennesaw State University
Amanda S. Woomer
This dissertation investigates the use of a conflict sensitivity framework in supporting environmental conservation work. Employing an action research methodology, it consists of a multi-phase…
Factors Affecting Application of Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation System by Nuture Africa
2016
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Uganda Technology and Management University
Joseylee S Kasule
Donor countries are concerned about development practices in the developing countries where much of the financial and technical investment has been done with little change.…
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue to Manage Natural Resource Competition: A Synthesis of Lessons from Uganda, Zambia, and Cambodia
2017
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International Journam of the Commons
Blake D. Ratner, Clementine Burnley, Samuel Mugisha, Elias Madzudzo, Il Oeur, Kosal Mam, Lukas Ruttinger, Loziwe N. Chilufya, and Paola Adriazola
Rural development or natural resource management program planning and implementation frequently confront challenges of environmental resource competition and conflict, particularly where common pool resources are…