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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…
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…
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.…
Every Practitioner a “Knowledge Worker”: Promoting Evaluative Thinking to Enhance Learning and Adaptive Management in International Development
2018
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New Directions for Evaluation
Thomas Archibald, Guy Sharrock, Jane Buckley, and Stacey Young
International community development involves complex, dynamic processes. Evaluation capacity building (ECB) designed to promote evaluative thinking among community development practitioners can foster more complexity-aware monitoring…
Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
2021
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International Development Evaluation Association
Hur Hassnain
This book is perfectly timed as an essential guide to help evaluators become better equipped, and contribute to evaluation practice that demonstrates its relevance and…
Evaluating Peace Operations: The Case of Cambodia
2012
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Journal of International Peacebuilding
Jeni Whalan
This article applies Diehl and Druckman’s evaluative framework to the case of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC, 1992-1993), finding it to be…
Did Human Security Forget the Humans? Critically Assessing Evaluations of Interventions With A Human Security Dimension in Sri Lanka
2020
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Conflict, Security, and Development
Albie Sharpe, Husna Razee, and Anthony B. Zwi
During the ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2006, a number of countries provided overseas development aid under the aegis of human security…
Conflict Transformation and Civil Society: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
2016
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Europe-Asia Studies
Vincenc Kopecek, Tomas Hoch, and Vladimir Baar
If Armenian and Azerbaijani negotiators ever agree on the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh, it will not necessarily resolve the long-running conflict, because any peace treaty…
Civil Society and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Ambiguities of International Programmes Aimed at Building 'New' Societies
2005
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Security Dialogue
Beatric Pouligny
This article offers a critical analysis of aid programmes aimed at supporting local civil societies in post-conflict peacebuilding (PCPB). Such programmes are often seen to…
Beyond Local Ownership in the Architecture of International Peace
2012
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Ethnopolitics
Oliver P Richmond
‘Local ownership' and ‘participation’ have become buzzwords for international intervention, whether military, humanitarian or developmental, by the UN, World Bank, agencies or non-governmental organizations. This…
An Exploration of the Limitations of Bureaucratic Organizations in Implementing Contemporary Peacebuidling
2014
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Cooperation and Conflict
Andrew P. Williams and Berhanu Mengistu
This article seeks to unpack the implications of contemporary peacebuilding for bureaucratic organizational forms. It argues that if the contemporary peacebuilding literature is taken as…
Adaptive Co-Management and Conflict Resolution for Rewilding across Development Contexts
2019
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Rewilding
James R.A. Butler, Juliette C. Young, and Mariella Marzano
A Human Security Peace-Building Agenda
2011
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Third World Quarterly
Edward Newman
International peacebuilding in post-conflict societies has helped to bring armed conflicts to an end and reduced the recurrence of war. According to some scholars, peacebuilding…
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Tracking Change Together
1998
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IIED
Irene Guijt, Mae Arevalo, and Kiko Saladores
Mae Arevalo, Irene Guijt and Kiko Saladores have brought together a reflective theme issue that explores some of the opportunities and challenges of moving towards…
UN Peace Operations and International Policing: Negotiating Complexity, Assessing Impact, and Learning to Learn
2014
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Routledge
Charles T. Hunt
This book addresses the important question of how the United Nations (UN) should monitor and evaluate the impact of police in its peace operations. UN…
The Impact of Transfrontier Conservation Areas on Regional Integration
2013
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South Africa Institute of International Affairs
Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott
Transfrontier conservation areas (TFCAs) have been established or are under discussion in various locations within Southern Africa. The aim is to have 18 TFCAs in…
Multi-County Cooperation Around Shared Waters: Role of Monitoring and Evaluation
2004
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Global Environmental Change
Juha I. Uitto
Sustainable development of freshwater resources shared by two or more countries and reducing the risk of conflict between the riparians requires the development of effective…
Monitoring and Evaluation of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programs in Humanitarian Settings: A Scoping Review of Terminology and Focus
2018
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Conflict and Health
Jura L. Augustinavicius, Claire Greene, Daniel P. Larken, Wietse A. Tol
Monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programs is critical to facilitating learning and providing accountability to stakeholders. As part of an…
Humanitarian Assistance and Peacebuilding
2013
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Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict
Mike Jobbins
This chapter explores the integration of humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding in conflict and immediate postconflict settings. It begins with a brief overview of international humanitarian…
Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches
2019
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Belmont Forum at the National Science Foundation2019
Emily Nastase, Heath Kelsey, Bill Dennison, Max Hermanson, Katie M. Laumann, and Sky Swanson
Transdisciplinary (TD) approaches to research and innovation can transform policy, perspectives, and behavior to directly address or build capacity towards meeting global challenges. The number…
Peace Parks in Southern Africa: Bringers of an African Renaissance?
2005
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The Journal of Modern African Studies
Marloes Van Amerom and Bram Büscher
The pursuit of an African Renaissance has become an important aspect of regional cooperation between South Africa and its neighbours. Transfrontier conservation areas, or ‘Peace…
Monitoring and Evaluation in Peacebuilding: Reclaiming the Lost Opportunities for Improving Peacebuilding in Practice
2016
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
Pravina Makan-Lakha
Pravina Makan-Lakha shares the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes’ (ACCORD) experiences and challenges with developing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within its role…
Delivering the Promise of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts (FCAC): A Case Study of the NGO GOAL's Response to the Syria Conflict
2021
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Progress in Disaster
Sonny S. Patel, Bernard McCaul, Gabriela Cáceres, Laura E.R. Peters, Ronak B. Patel, and Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) has helped to reduce global disaster risk, but there has been a lack of progress in disaster…
The Dark Side of Environmental Peacebuilding
2020
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World Development
Tobias Ide
Environmental peacebuilding refers to efforts aimed at building more peaceful relations through environmental cooperation, natural resource management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. It…
Nexus Meets Crisis: A Review of Conflict, Natural Resources and the Humanitarian Response in Darfur with Reference to the Water Energy Food Nexus
2015
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International Journal of Water Resources Development
Brendan Bromwich
Darfur has been widely used as a case study by both those arguing for causality between environmental scarcity and war and those disputing it. This…
Renewable Natural Resources: Practical Lessons for Conflict Sensitive Development
2009
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World Bank
Sandra Ruckstuhl
This paper explores how a “conflict and violence sensitive” framework in project assessment, design and implementation facilitates early identification and mitigation of negative consequences of…
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…
Using Evaluation as a Learning Process in Post-Conflict Somalia
2019
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Journal of Somali Studies
Ibrahim A. Noor
The purpose of this study is to describe the nature of institutional evaluation in non-governmental social programs in Somalia. A large number of agencies that…
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…