Evaluation
Resources
Vegetation Monitoring in Refugee-Hosting Areas in South Sudan
Briefs & Development
Mass population displacements put additional stress on the ecosystems and often lead to conflicts with the host communities, especially in the case of large refugee…
What the Environment Has to Do with Peacebuilding [Podcast]
Library
In this episode of “On Human Rights,” we have an interview from the recent Nature of Peace conference at Lund University. Our senior researcher Alejandro Fuentes interviews…
Water When It Counts: Reducing Scarcity through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
Briefs & Development
Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water…
Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Multi-Stakeholder Platforms in Integrated Landscape Initiatives
Library
Integrated landscape initiatives typically aim to strengthen landscape governance by developing and facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms. These are institutional coordination mechanisms that enable discussions, negotiations, and…
Land in the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward
Library
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…
Integrating Knowledge Exchange and the Assessment of Dryland Management Alternatives -- A Learning-Centered Participatory Approach
Library
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…
Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue to Manage Natural Resource Competition: A Synthesis of Lessons from Uganda, Zambia, and Cambodia
Library
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…
Efficacy of Informal Peace Committees to Peacebuilding: Evidence from Seke District, Zimbabwe
Library
In recent years, informal peace committees have rapidly made their mark either as precautionary or as response mechanisms to particular conflicts. Their main purpose is…
Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Climate Resilience: A Guidance Paper for the Philippines
Library
Climate change and its negative effects are already being felt strongly around the world, and are projected to increase. The brunt of its effects will…
Blessing or a Burden? The Impact of Peace Services on Peace and Violence in Nepal
Library
Recent literature highlights the potential of infrastructures for peace for peacebuilding and violence prevention. An increasing number of studies examine cases of infrastructures for peace,…
Compliance Dynamics in Trans-Boundary Govenance of Natural Resources
Library
The extent to which resource users abide by rules is a fundamental question in the governance of conservation efforts, such as national parks, often challenged…
Development and Peacebuilding: Disparities, Similarities, and Overlapping Spaces
Briefs & Development
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…
Is "Good Enough" Peacebuilding Good Enough? The Potential and Pitfalls of the Local Turn in Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste
Library
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,…
Southern African Development Community Transfrontier Conservation Areas Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Briefs & Development
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…
Nick Parker Talks to BBC about Unexpected Impacts of U.S. Conflict Minerals Legislation [Audio]
Briefs & Development
Dominic Parker, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, is interviewed twice on BBC World News’ Newsday program. The topic of conversation is Parker’s research…
Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches
Briefs & Development
Inhabitants of poor, rural areas in the Global South heavily depend on natural resources in their immediate vicinity. Conflicts over and exploitation of these resources…
Mainstreaming Gender in Green Climate Fund Projects: A Practical Manual to Support the Integration of Gender Equality in Climate Change Interventions and Climate Finance
Briefs & Development
Climate change is not only one of the greatest environmental and development challenges facing the world today, it is one that will have critical impacts…
Leaving No One Behind: Equality and Non-Discrimination at the Heart of Sustainable Development
Briefs & Development
In April 2016, the members of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) committed to put the imperative to eliminate discrimination and…
Conflict-Sensitive Conservation in the Maiko-Tanya-Kahuzi-Biega Landscape
Briefs & Development
Conflict-sensitive conservation (CSC) is conservation programming and implementation that takes into account the causes and impacts of conflict and the actors involved in order to…
Monitoring Ecological Change during Rapid Socio-Economic and Political Transitions: Colombian Ecosystems in the Post-Conflict Era
Briefs & Development
After more than 50-years of armed conflict, Colombia is now transitioning to a more stable social and political climate due to a series of peace…
Toward Sustainable Peace: A New Research Agenda for Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management
Briefs & Development
This forum reflects upon the current state of research on post-conflict natural resource management. It identifies two dominant perspectives on environmental peacebuilding in the literature:…
The 2016 Al-Mishraq Sulphur Plant Fire: Source and Health Risk Area Estimation
Briefs & Development
On October 20, 2016, Daesh (Islamic State) set fire to the sulphur production site Al-Mishraq as the battle of Mosul in northern Iraq became more…
Food Security, Sustaining Peace and Gender Equality: Conceptual Framework and Future Directions
Library
The main objective of this study is to generate knowledge and make meaningful, evidence-based and actionable recommendations to governments and other stakeholders, particularly international organizations…
The Fifth Column: Understanding the Relationship between Corruption and Conflict
Briefs & Development
At the end of the last century, the Western foreign policy consensus was that increases in global wealth, a more interconnected world, and ever greater…
Conflict Minerals: Information on Artisanal Mined Gold and Efforts to Encourage Responsible Sourcing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Briefs & Development
The supply chain for artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) gold—a significant driver of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) economy—involves multiple actors, according to…
Using a Novel Climate-Water Conflict Vulnerability Index to Capture Double Exposures in Lake Chad
Briefs & Development
Climate variability is amongst an array of threats facing agricultural livelihoods, with its effects unevenly distributed. With resource conflict being increasingly recognised as one significant…
Land Reform in Afghanistan: Full Impact and Sustainability of $41.2 Million USAID Program is Unknown
Briefs & Development
According to land reform experts, land reform is generally understood to be efforts to correct problems with land distribution and rights to its use. Since…
Wicked Problems: Peacebuilding Evaluation Ethic
Library
An exchange like this is common in organizations and can be frustrating. The project manager feels like he or she is being asked for data…
The Peacemaking-Peacebuilding-Development Nexus: Marrying South Africa's Peace Democracy and Development Agenda
Library
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.…
Remembering the Red Sea Marine Peace Park
Library
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…