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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Peacebuilding, Civil Society and Aid Conditionality in Cyprus: Evaluating Success Without Sustainability and Impact
2016
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
M. K. Flynn
This briefing assesses bicommunal peacebuilding in Cyprus as promoted and funded by foreign donors. This is undertaken by considering policy versus outcome-based conditionality and the…
Peacebuilding Through a Gender Lens and the Challenges of Implementation in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire
2009
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Security Studies: Feminist Contributions
Heidi Hudson
With the hypothesis in mind that discrimination against women increases the likelihood that a state will experience internal conflict, this article contends that considering gender…
Peacebuilding and Development Trainings: What's Not Working and What We Should Be Doing Instead
2019
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Elizabeth McClintock and Aline Brachet
Peacebuilding and development are two sides of the same coin yet integrating the two processes remains an ongoing challenge. One tool for achieving such integration…
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA): Lessons from Pakistan
2011
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The Peace and Conflict Review
Zahid S. Ahmed
In the early 1990s, on the basis of prior experiences of International Development Agencies (IDAs) in conflict zones, a need was identified to explore, understand…
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) in Community Development: A Case Study from Mozambique
2010
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Evaluation
Lisa Bornstein
Peace and conflict impact assessment (PCIA) is a tool that potentially can improve the quality of development work in conflict zones. PCIA’s conceptual strengths and…
Participatory Monitoring and Evluation, Power Dynamics, and Stakholder Participation: Analysing Dynamics of Participation Between World Vision and Its Stakeholders in The Husalushaka Area Development Programme PM&E
2018
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University of Pretoria
Vongaishe T. Mujuru
Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is a concept meant to ensure the extensive involvement of project beneficiaries in all stages of the project or programme…
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (Pm&E) And Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case of USAID-Safe Program in Gulu District
2016
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Uganda Management Institute
Ronny Kajaga, Innocent Nuwagaba, and George Mugerwa
This study examined the extent to which Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) enhances service delivery in Uganda. It was carried out on the USAID-SAFE program…
Participatory Evaluation of Collaborative and Integrated Water Management: Insights from the Field
2007
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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Cecilia Ferreyra and Phil Beard
The Maitland Watershed Partnerships (MWPs) is a multi-stakeholder forum established in 1999 in an agricultural watershed in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. This paper presents 10 lessons…
Monitoring and Evaluation of a Participative Planning Process for the Integrated Management of Natural Resources in the uThukela District Municipality (South Africa)
2014
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University of Pretoria
Magalie Bourblanc
This paper intends to monitor the changes in perceptions and behaviour of stakeholders induced by the Afromaison participatory process, which is aimed particularly at helping…
Food Security in Protracted Crises: Building More Effective Policy Frameworks
2005
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Disasters
Margarita Flores, Yasmeen Khwaja, and Philip White
This paper considers the principal elements that underpin policy frameworks for supporting food security in protracted crisis contexts. It argues that maintaining the food entitlements…
Mind the Gap: The Importance of Local Institutional Development in Peace-Building-Funded Security Interventions
2013
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Conflict, Security, and Development
Sari Graben and Ann Fitz-Gerald
In this paper, the authors analyse current spending priorities of the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)-funded security sector reform (SSR) programmes. They conclude that these spending priorities…
Mapping the Field of International Peace Education Programs and Exploring Their Networked Impact on Peacebuilding
2019
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Resolution Quarterly
Jeffrey Pugh and Karen Ross
Conventional wisdom holds that international education builds cross-cultural capacity, and evaluations of peacebuilding interventions point to significant impacts. Yet, little scholarship links these fields or…
Making Sense of Community Natural Resource Governance Perceptions
2020
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Forest Briefs, IUCN
IUCN
How do you encourage the participation of communities and traditional institutions in enhancing landscape governance in and around protected areas? Ask them. Understanding attitudes and…
Local Peace Committees in Africa: The Unseen Role in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuidling
2016
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The Journal of Pan African Studies
Abdul K Issifu
This article seeks to unveil the role of Local Peace Committees (LPCs) in conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa. Thus, violence emanating from religious extremism,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…