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    Social media and conflict management in post-conflict and fragile contexts

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2015
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Social media and conflict management in post-conflict and fragile contexts: What is the recent evidence of the role of social media in post-conflict and fragile contexts with regards to conflict management? Some of the roles social media has played in conflict management include:
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    Links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict: What evidence exists for links between gender-based violence and outbreaks of violent conflict?Key findings: Gender-based violence (GBV) is prevalent in all contexts and countries of the world.
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    Refugee, IDP and host community radicalisation

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Refugee, IDP and host community radicalisation: What makes people affected by armed conflict, in particular IDPs, refugees and their hosts, become radicalised? How does humanitarian aid contribute or not? With a particular reference to the Middle East.Key findings:
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    Faith-based organisations, conflict resolution and anti-corruption

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Faith-based organisations, conflict resolution and anti-corruption: What is the evidence on faith-based organisations' (FBOs) role in conflict resolution? What is the evidence on FBOs and corruption?
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    Helpdesk Report: Prioritising health activities in humanitarian crises

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014
    The Sphere Humanitarian Charter states that: All people should have access to health services that are prioritised to address the main causes of excess mortality and morbidity.  There are a number of handbooks to aid prioritisation in crisis situations (highlighted in section 2 of this report):
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    Helpdesk Report: Delivery of education at scale to large refugee and conflict affected populations

    Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014
    The existing evidence regarding how to deliver education at scale to large refugee and conflict affected populations is somewhat limited. Much of the literature appears to be in the form of best practice or policy advice, based on previous experience, rather than results based on monitoring and evaluation of interventions.
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    Topic Guide on Conflict

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2012
    Conflict is inherent in all societies and arises when two or more groups believe their interests are incompatible. ‘Conflict’ is not, however, interchangeable with ‘violence’. Non-violent resolution is possible when individuals and groups have trust in their governing structures, society and institutions to manage incompatible interests.
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    Learning from an interrupted evaluation: Lessons from the randomized impact evaluation “Female Empowerment and Occupational Impacts of Vocational Training in the day - to - day life of the oases in rural Mauritania”

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2014
    Security is an important parameter to consider when thinking of, designing and implementing a randomized impact evaluation. Some very concrete problems can appear, which are not always easy to foresee beforehand. They can stem from “normal” criminality or from politically sensitive situations.
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    Targeting groups at risk of extremism through security and justice programming

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following question: What evidence is there that security and justice programming (by DFID or other donors) targets specific groups (populations and victims) at risk of extremism and how has the impact been measured?Key findings include:
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    The multilateral system’s contribution to peace and security

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2014
    This Helpdesk Report responds to the following query: Literature review: what does recent analysis suggest about the contribution of the multilateral system to international development goals on peace and security?The literature broadly suggests that:

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