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Confronting War: Critical Lessons for Peace Practitioners

Anderson, Mary B.; Olson, Lara (The Collaborative for Development Action, 2003)

This working paper reflects the work and lessons learned from the Reflecting on Peace Practice Project. Over an eighteen month period, RPP conducted twenty-six case studies on a wide variety of types of peace efforts, ...
Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System : A Handbook for Development Practitioners

Kusek, Jody Zall; Rist, Ray C. (World Bank, 2004)

An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive ...
The “Do No Harm” Framework for Analyzing the Impact of Assistance on Conflict: A Handbook

Unknown author (CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, 2004-04)

"Although it is clear that, by itself, assistance neither causes nor can end conflict, it can be a significant factor in conflict contexts. Assistance can have important effects on intergroup relations and on the course ...
The Role of Development Aid in Conflict Transformation: Facilitating Empowerment Processes and Community Building

Bigdon, Christine; Korf, Benedikt (Berghof Foundation, 2004-08)

This article examines both the theoretical assumptions and expectations, as well as the practical experiences, of empowerment approaches within the field of development aid, with a particular focus their potential for ...
Paving the Way: Contributions of Interactive Conflict Resolution to Peacemaking

Fisher, Ronald J. (Lexington Books, 2005)

This first-of-a-kind collection brings together in one volume the strongest available evidence of successful transfer effects from unofficial third-party work to official peacemaking. Using comparative case analysis from ...
Engaging Civil Society Organizations in ConflictAffected and Fragile States

Unknown author (World Bank, 2005-06)

Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a prominent role in conflict-affected and fragile states. In the absence of capable or credible public institutions due to conflict or weak policy environments, CSOs tend to substitute ...
PREVENTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE: Towards a Model for Catalytic Action--Lessons Learned from Guinea-Bissau

Unknown author (Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation, 2006)

This monograph lays out new ways the political violence that arises in failing states can be prevented and stability strengthened. This is essentially an interim report of the ‘Reducing Political Violence Action Group ...
Designing for Results: Integrating Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict Transformation Activities

Church, Cheyanne; Rogers M., Mark (Search for Common Ground, 2006)

This manual, produced by Search for Common Ground in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace and the Alliance for Peacebuilding, focuses on the challenges faced by conflict transformation practitioners in ...
The Dynamics of Conflict, Development Assistance and Peace-Building : Sri Lanka 2000-05

Unknown author (World Bank, 2006-02)

Significant transformations in the socio-political and economic landscape of Sri Lanka in recent years encouraged five development partners-World Bank, Asia Foundation, and the governments of the United Kingdom, Netherlands ...
Powers of Persuasion: Incentives, Sanctions and Conditionality in Peacemaking

Griffiths, Aaron; Barnes, Catherine (Conciliation Resources, 2008)

This report is the result of a project that analyzed the use of sanctions, incentives and conditionality from the standpoint of whether they underpin or undermine peace processes (ie the formal and informal processes of ...
The Missing Link : Fostering Positive Citizen-State Relations in Post-Conflict Environments

von Kaltenborn-Stachau, Henriette (World Bank, 2008)

The aim of this study is to convince national and multilateral policy makers of the importance of the public sphere concept for democratic governance and strategic post-conflict assistance planning with the objective of ...
On Hybrid Political Orders and Emerging States: State Formation in the Context of ‘Fragility’

Boege, Volker; Brown, Anne; Clements, Kevin; Nolan, Anna (Berghof Foundation, 2008-10)

This article examines the rationale and underlying assumptions of the mainstream discourse on fragile states. The authors argue that the conventional perception of so-called fragile states as an obstacle to the maintenance ...
Elections and Conflict Prevention: A Guide to Analysis, Planning and Programming

UNDP Democratic Governance Group (United Nations Development Programme, 2009-08)

This guide is designed as a knowledge product for practitioners in the field of governance and electoral assistance. It identifies strategic approaches and forms of programming that can help to anticipate and prevent the ...
Youth and Non Violence in Guinea

Fortune, Frances; Kanyatsi, Quentin (Search for Common Ground, 2010-04)

This evaluation report provides useful information about the intervention in Guinea with clear metrics as to how the project has helped improve the mediation skills of the Youth population and led to better mediation and ...
Project: Promoting Locally – Driven Transformation and Collaborative Action in Burundi

Bigirimana, Sylvestre (Search for Common Ground, 2010-10)

This evaluation report showcases evidence of what works in terms of conflict mitigation considering refugees returns, and how media and broadcasting activities can play a role in building transparency and communication ...
People-to-People Peacebuilding: A Program Guide

US Agency for International Development (USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, 2011-01)

This guide, developed in consultation with scholars and practitioners, provides specific guidelines on the implementation of people-to-people peacebuilding programs for use by USAID and its development partners. These ...
“Frameworkers” and “Circlers” – Exploring Assumptions in Impact Assessment

Neufeldt, Reina C. (Berghof Foundation, 2011-01)

This chapter explores two contending constituencies and their arguments about why and how to identify impact in peacebuilding initiatives in practice. The two constituencies, “frameworkers” and “circlers”, involve sets of ...
Civil Society in Conflict Transformation: Strengths and Limitations

Fischer, Martina (Berghof Foundation, 2011-01)

This book chapter focuses on the potential contribution that civil society actors can make to peacebuilding. There is also an examination of what types of activities international and transnational NGOs undertake in order ...
Transitional Justice and Reconciliation: Theory and Practice

Fischer, Martina (Berghof Foundation, 2011-01)

This article explores the concept of transitional justice and its role in debates on democratization, nation-building and state reconstruction and its relation to reconciliation, both of which have become increasingly ...
Middle East and North Africa Local Service Delivery Initiative : Promoting Social Accountability and Demand for Good Governance

Beddies, Sabine; Felicio, Mariana; Dedu, Gabriel; Fall, Fatou; Vagneron, Caroline (World Bank, 2011-04)

Good governance is an underlying condition for the formulation of effective and efficient public policies, programs, and services. It implies a social contract and adherence to rules and laws that enable improved interaction ...

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