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External Evaluation - "Good Water Neighbours Project" - Concluding Report of Years 2012-2014
Briefs & Development
The Good Water Neighbor (GWN) project is the flagship project of EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) since 2001. FoEME's main objective is to…
Protecting Groundwater
Briefs & Development
Groundwater is the world’s most important source of freshwater, constituting 97% of the Earth’s freshwater reserves. However, in the Mediterranean Region, groundwater quality along the…
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment of the Palestinian–Israeli Water Situation
Briefs & Development
This paper examines and discusses the prolonged Palestinian–Israeli water conflict, taking into consideration recent formal and informal water negotiations and emphasising the future of water-based…
Building for the Longterm: Avoiding the Resource Curse in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan’s natural resources offer both hope and risk. Many people look to mining and oil to drive development as the international presence winds down. But…
Contestation and Reconstruction: Natural Capital and Post-Conflict Development in Borderland Regions
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Though often remote and underdeveloped, borderlands are contested territories. The incorporation of borderlands into the post-conflict state highlights many important land-related paradigms, including the conversion…
Political Violence, Land Reform and Child Health: Results from Zimbabwe
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The article examines the impact of politically-motivated violence in Zimbabwe following the 2000 referendum and the accompanying it controversial land reform on children's health, measured…
Integrating Climate Change into Peacebuilding
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Peacebuilding countries are concentrated in areas of heightened vulnerability to climate change impacts, and almost certainly lack the capacity to manage these impacts. In spite…
Afghanistan: Western Basin Water Resources
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The Western Basin Water Resource Management and Irrigated Agriculture Development Project is a ‘sector’ project under the Natural Resources Sector in Afghanistan. The project was based…
Afghanistan Reconnected: Regional Economic Security Beyond 2014
Briefs & Development
Afghanistan’s economic development is at a critical and exciting juncture as international troops withdraw at the end of this year, and the country elects a…
Climate Change, Conflict, and Cooperation: Global Analysis of the Resilience of International River Treaties to Increased Water Variability
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Although water variability has already been observed across river basins, climate change is predicted to increase variability. Such environmental changes may aggravate political tensions, especially…
National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
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This report re-examines the impact of climate change on U.S. national security in the context of a more informed, but more complex and integrated world. In the…
Mitigating Human Rights Impacts
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A briefing outlining principled corporate management and digging deep to rebuild trust as mechanisms for mitigating human rights impacts and provides guidelines for creating human…
Wicked Problems in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding: Making Progress in Measuring Progress Through the New Deal
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Peacebuilding and its relatively new partner in international policy discourse and practice—statebuilding—are moving in increasingly larger circles with the recognition that business cannot be done…
Thinking Creatively About Methodological Issues in Conflict-Affected Societies
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Conducting interviews and collecting data with which to evaluate peacebuilding programming may be problematic in many conflict-affected societies. However, many researchers do not document their…
The Role of the External in Local Peacebuilding: Enabling Action -- Managing Risk
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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 Limits of Formal Metrics During Conflict and Post-Conflict Transition: Exploring Opportunities for Qualitative Assessment in Sri Lanka
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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
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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…
Testing Conflict Sensitivity of Development Projects in Ghana an Evaluation of Two Projects in Ejisu-Juaben District, Ashanti Region
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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)
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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…
Project Evaluation: Summary Report Tunisia Development of Rural Regions Integrated Water Resources Management (AGIRE)
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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
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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…
Peace With Strings Attached: Exploring Reflections of Structure and Agency in Northern Ireland Peacebuilding Funding
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This article examines Northern Ireland's peacebuilding process by analysing perspectives about economic assistance to determine if the peacebuilding process contributed to the reification of structure…
Landmines and Livelihoods in Afghanistan: Evaluating the Benefits of Mine Action
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Mine action started in Afghanistan and, globally, has grown into a billion-dollar endeavour. On most measures, Afghanistan remains the world’s largest mine action programme, which…
Mind the Gap: The Importance of Local Institutional Development in Peace-Building-Funded Security Interventions
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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…
Help or Hinrance? Results-Orientation in Conflict-Affected Situations
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Results-orientation, impact assessment, and value for money have been creating a growing buzz in the fields of international cooperation and peacebuilding for the last few…
Contested Boundaries: NGOs and Civil–military Relations in Afghanistan
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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…
Aids, Minds, and Hearts: The Impact of Aid in Conflict Zones
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It is widely assumed that development aid can help to stabilize regions in or after conflict. However, we lack empirical evidence for this assumption, and…
Evaluation in Conflict Zones: Methodological and Ethical Challenges
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This article explores the methodological and ethical challenges particular to the conduct and use of evaluations in conflict zones. It does this through examining the…
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Protected Areas Management in Iran: Case Study in Khojir National Park
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The requirement to assess the management effectiveness (ME) in protected areas (PAs) is increasing around the world to help improve management and accountability. An evaluation…
Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security
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This handbook aims to improve the effectiveness of peacebuilding by better linking conflict assessment to self-assessment, theories of change, and the design, monitoring, and evaluation…