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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,…
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…
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…
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 Report on Supporting Systemic and Participatory Mediation Approaches Within Local Peace Committees Implemented by CSSP and CPRP in Dhading and Rautahat in 2012
2012
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Berlin Centre for Integrative Mediation
Prem R. Ojha
The CSSP, Germany and CPRP, Nepal designed “Supporting systemic and participatory mediation approaches within Local Peace Committees” project which has been implemented in Dhading and…
Evaluation as Peacebuilding?: Transformative Values, Processes, and Outcomes
2002
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Contemporary Justice Review
Harry Mika
An evaluation approach that is collaborative and elicitive may well serve as a catalyst for transforming relationships of power, standing in stark contrast to more…
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…
Decoupling Local Ownership? The Lost Opportunities for Grassroots Women’s Involvement in Liberian Peacebuilding
2016
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Cooperation and Conflict
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis and Jonathan Joseph
Civil society organizations and grassroots groups are often unable to play an active role in postconflict reconstruction and peacebuilding. A possible explanation for the observed…
Contested Boundaries: NGOs and Civil–military Relations in Afghanistan
2013
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Central Asian Survey
Jonathan Goodhand
In recent years there has been a growing focus in academic and policy circles on the changing roles of military and civilian actors in the…
Comparable and Yet Context-Sensitive? Improving Evaluation in Violently Divided Societies Through Methodology
2018
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Daniel E. Esser and Emily E. Vanderkamp
This article shows that the current stalemate in peacebuilding evaluation is due to disagreements between donor agencies, practitioners and scholar-practitioners about the necessity, appropriate level…
Community Defined Measures of Success and Inclusive Research in Peacebuilding
2018
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Proceedings of the African Futures Conference
Ella Duncan and Carlotta Fassiotti
Participatory research is a tool for community inclusion in peace and development programs. Participation is a popularly promoted concept, but rarely implemented in research. Search…
Aid to the Enemy: Linking Development and Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula
2016
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The Pacific Review
Dong J. Kim
This article discusses the link between development and peacebuilding to analyze South Korean aid activities in North Korea in the context of the Korean conflict,…
M&E Insights Episode 2: Transboundary Cooperation on Water in Fragile Contexts (with Eric Abitbol) [Video]
2023
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Environmental Law Institute and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
In this video, Eric Abitbol shares his experience and learning related to evaluating transboundary water cooperation in fragile settings.
This video is the second episode in…
Effectiveness of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation on Achievement of Community-Based Water Projects in Tanzania
2020
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Applied Water Science
S. A. Mgoba and S. J. Kabote
The Government of Tanzania is struggling to implement water projects throughout the country to ensure that 90% of the population has access to clean and…
Encouraging Effective Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities: Towards DAC Guidance
2008
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Organisation for Economic Co-Operation's Development Assistance Committee
This report outlines an approach for developing guidance on evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities. It draws on a broad document review and interviews with…
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…
Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for GEF International Waters Projects
2002
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GEF Corporate Monitoring and Evaluation Team
Alfred Duda
Effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is increasingly recognized as an indispensable tool in project and program management. If done well, an M&E plan and the…
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…
Contesting Localisation in Interfaith Peacebuilding in Northern Nigeria
2020
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Oxford Development Studies
Portia Roelofs
Amidst a ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding, donors have seized on the idea of ‘localising’ peacebuilding programmes. Donors have sought to include actors who have local…
Development and Peacebuilding: Disparities, Similarities, and Overlapping Spaces
2017
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The Practice of International Development
Carl Stauffer
The nexus between development and peacebuilding has been highly contested, yet to conflate these two fields of practice is disingenuous. Building on a case study…
Assessing Impacts of Environmental Peacebuilding In Caquetá, Colombia: a Multistakeholder Perspective
2021
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International Affairs, Chatham House
Hector Morales-Muñoz, Katharina Löhr, Michelle Bonatti, Luca Eufemia and Stefan Sieber
A major challenge in the field of environmental peacebuilding is showing the impact of its initiatives. Questions emerge, such as what kind of postwar peacebuilding…
Looking Back When Looking Forward: Peacebuilding Policy Approaches and Processes in Africa
2010
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Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Walter Lotze and Cedric De Coning
The United Nations, through the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), has attempted to institutionalise sustained attention to and the…
Is "Good Enough" Peacebuilding Good Enough? The Potential and Pitfalls of the Local Turn in Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste
2017
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The Pacific Review
Joanne Wallis
There is a palpable sense of humility within the United Nations and other international institutions regarding peacebuilding. Rather than seeking to implement the liberal peace,…
Evaluating Peacebuilding Activities in Settings of Conflict and Fragility
2012
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Organisation for Economic Co-Operation's Development Assistance Committee
OECD
The high human, economic, political and social costs of violent conflict– coupled with a growing sense that such suffering and devastation could be avoided or…
Measuring Unintended Effects in Peacebuilding: What the Field of International Cooperation Can Learn From Innovative Approaches Shaped by Complex Contexts
2018
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Evaluation and Program Planning
Adrienne Lemon and Melanie Pinet
Capturing unintended impacts has been a persistent struggle in all fields of international development, and the field of peacebuilding is no exception. However, because peacebuilding…
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…
Southern African Development Community Transfrontier Conservation Areas Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
2017
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Southern African Development Community
SADC Secretariat
The Transfrontier Conservation Areas(TFCAs)Unit of the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) of the Southern African Development Community(SADC) Secretariat was tasked to create…
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 of peacebuilding: the role of new media
2013
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Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
Sarah Költzow
This research paper compiles and elaborates on key challenges, opportunities and lessons for the use of new media monitoring and evaluating peacebuilding activities. It draws…
A participatory approach to peacebuilding evaluation in Seke district, Zimbabwe
2019
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International Journal of Action Research
Norman Chivasa
Mainstream monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of peacebuilding tends to be mainly practitioner-oriented, while under-reporting initiatives by ordinary people who develop an interest to learn from
their…