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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 Peacemaking-Peacebuilding-Development Nexus: Marrying South Africa's Peace Democracy and Development Agenda
2016
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Strategic Review for Southern Africa
Faith Mabera
South Africa has often been lauded as an influential and pivotal actor in peace and security affairs on the evolving African peace and security architecture.…
The Limits of Formal Metrics During Conflict and Post-Conflict Transition: Exploring Opportunities for Qualitative Assessment in Sri Lanka
2013
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Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Sarah Holt
Peacebuilding as an approach to assisting states in the transition from war to peace has been around since the mid-1990s, and has become a policy…
The Flow of Management Practices: An Analysis of NGO Monitoring and Evaluation Dynamics
2013
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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Jeffrery H Marshall and David Suarez
Which characteristics of NGOs are associated with the adoption of modern management practices and to what extent have those practices become standardized? Based on a…
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…
Testing Conflict Sensitivity of Development Projects in Ghana an Evaluation of Two Projects in Ejisu-Juaben District, Ashanti Region
2013
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Intenraitonal Journal of Political Science and Development
Sheka Bangura
There has been serious concern about the nexus between development assistance and conflicts in the recipient nations. Thus, donors have been rethinking their assistance packages…
Systems for Assessing the Effectiveness of Management in Protected Areas
2003
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BioScience
Marc Hockings
Since the mid-1990s, numerous methodologies have been developed to assess the management effectiveness of protected areas, many tailored to particular regions or habitats. Recognizing the…
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…
Refugee Camps and Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa
2021
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Journal of Development Economics
Colette Salemi
To date, there have been few quasi-experimental efforts to evaluate the impact of refugee camps on host landscapes. Yet many stakeholders believe refugee camps lead…
Progress Report on Supporting Local Development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
2014
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UNDP
Henrik F. Larsen
A Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord signed in December 1997 ended the decades-long insurgency, allowing for the recognition of the rights of the peoples…
Peace Parks and Jaguar Trails: Transboundary COnservation in a Globalizing World
2008
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GeoJournal
Brian King and Sharon Wilcox
An increasingly utilized strategy for expanding conservation in the developing world has been the promotion of protected areas that supersede national borders. Alternatively known as…
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,…
Seeing Like the International Community: How Peacebuilding Failed (and Survived) in Tajikistan
2008
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Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
John Heathershaw
The international community claims transformative power over post-conflict spaces via the concept of peacebuilding. International actors discursively make space for themselves in settings such as…
Risk-Averse to Risk-Willing: Learning from the 2011 Somalia Cash Response
2012
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Global Food Security
Degan Ali and Kirsten Gelsdorf
In 2011 the humanitarian community faced a difficult question. Could large-scale cash transfers provide an effective alternative to food aid delivery in South Central Somalia…
Reclaiming Everyday Peace: Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War
2018
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Cambridge University Press
Pamina Firchow
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…
Project Evaluation: Summary Report Tunisia Development of Rural Regions Integrated Water Resources Management (AGIRE)
2013
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ
Water is already a scarce and over-used resource in Tunisia. The rising demand, combined with the effects of climate change, could lead to more conflicts…
Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes
2013
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UKAID
Vanessa Corlazzoli and Jonathan White
The goal of this document is to improve the effectiveness of DFID programmes and the measurement of their impacts by providing DFID Advisers with the…
Post-Crisis Zimbabwe's Innovative Financing Mechanisms in the Social Sectors: A Practical Approach to Implementing the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States
2014
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International Health and Human Rights
Peter Salama, Wei Ha, Joel Negin, Samson Muradzikwa
By focusing on working with line ministries in non-contested sectors to determine local priorities rather than following global prescriptions, pooling funds to achieve scale rather…
Pioneers of Peace, Implementers of Humanitarianism: Learning from the Ambivalence of Peacebuilders
2020
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Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Lise Philipsen
This article nuances the popular explanation that peace interventions fail because of a culture of peacebuilders unwilling to engage with the local. As a foundational…
PeacePlayers International: A Case Study on the Use of Sport as a Tool for Conflict Transformation
2011
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The SAIS Review of International Affairs
Brendan Tuohey and Brian Cognato
Since 2001, PeacePlayers International has helped over 50,000 young people overcome deep ethnic, religious or social divides in their communities through basketball. The authors describe…