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Windows of peace: the effect of ceasefires on economic recoveryWhile much of the literature studies causes and consequences of war, the reverberations of peace have rarely been studied...
Peace Conflict Conflict managementBlog
The vital role of aid in developmentThe UNU-WIDER research programme on foreign aid ( ReCom ) began in 2010, in a period of strong aid scepticism. Dambisa Moyo’s well-known book, Dead Aid (2009), is just one example...
Aid effectiveness Aid policy Conflict managementBlog
Development programmes, security, and violence reduction: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaImplementing development programmes in conflict-affected areas is crucial for conflict as well as poverty reduction. The big question is how do you carry out these programmes successfully?...
Conflict management Development Poverty reductionPolicy Brief
Journal Article
Education from the Bottom Up: UNICEF‘s Education Programme in SomaliaPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Aggregation operators Conflict management EducationJournal Article
Impact Assessment of the Facilitadores Judiciales Programme in NicaraguaPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Conflict management Justice, Administration ofJournal Article
Liberia's Gender-Sensitive Police Reform: Improving Representation and Responsiveness in a Post-Conflict SettingPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Aeronautics Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aidJournal Article
‘Embedded’ Assistance: Finn Church Aid‘s Secondment in SomaliaPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Human rightsJournal Article
Substantial but Uneven Achievement: Selected Success When Stars Align. Public Financial Management Reforms in Sierra LeonePart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Conflict management Economic development MacroeconomicsJournal Article
The Yemen Social Fund for Development: An Effective Community-Based Approach amid Political InstabilityPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development projectsJournal Article
Good Aid in Hard Places: Learning from ‘Successful’ Interventions in Fragile SituationsPart of Journal Special Issue Development Assistance for Peacebuilding
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic developmentJournal Special Issue
Development Assistance for PeacebuildingDevelopment assistance to fragile states and conflict-affected areas can be a core component of peacebuilding, providing support for the restoration of government functions, delivery of basic services, the rule of law and economic revitalization...
Conflict management Economic development Economic assistanceJournal Article
Varieties of fragility: Implications for aidPart of Journal Special Issue Aid to Support Fragile States
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aidJournal Special Issue
Aid to Support Fragile States: The Challenge of Chronic WeaknessThis special issue has its origins in work conducted under the Governance and Fragility theme of UNU-WIDER’s ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme (2011–13), and particularly the work on ‘Aid and Institution-bu...
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aidJournal Article
Transition Regimes and Security Sector Reforms in Sierra Leone and LiberiaPart of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States
Conflict management Economic assistance and foreign aid Local governmentResearch Brief
Successes and Challenges of Public Financial Management in Sierra LeoneFragile and conflict-affected states, like Sierra Leone, can maintain a strong public financial management structure if they are able to find foreign support for administrative capacity and sufficient domestic political and executive support...
Conflict management Economic policy Fiscal policy