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Strengthening the resiliency of dryland forest-based livelihoods in Ethiopia and South Sudan: A review of literature on the interaction between dryland forests, livelihoods and forest governance
Center for International Forestry Research, 2015This literature review explores how political, economic and resource management policies and programs can reduce forest degradation and increase the contribution of forest goods and services to sustainable livelihood strategies.DocumentThe politics of what works in service delivery: an evidence-based review
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. The paper focuses particularly on eight relatively successful cases of delivery in a range of country contexts and sectors where independent evaluations demonstrate improved outcomes.DocumentChina in Africa: impacts and prospects for accountable development
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012China is the major “new” player in Africa and impacts on development and politics in numerous ways. This paper shows that China impacts on African development in multiple ways that go well beyond aid.DocumentCo-producing ineffective states: social knowledge, social policy and social citizenship in Africa and in development
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012This paper explores the links between social knowledge, social policy and state forms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its central argument is that the capacities of states to establish inclusive welfare regimes for citizens are limited by the ways in which states themselves are organised, including the constitution of state society relations.DocumentSupporting ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: Lessons learned from developing countries
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2015This working paper summarises the findings from the provision of technical assistance to nine developing countries as they prepare their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).DocumentInvestigating the political economy of social protection expansion in Africa: at the intersection of transnational ideas and domestic politics
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2015Recent years have seen increasing interest in social protection as a means of reducing poverty and promoting development within the development industry and among growing numbers of developing countries.DocumentLeveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa: LANEA Study Brief
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015This Brief presents the findings of the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in East Africa (LANEA) initiative in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. LANEA investigates opportunities and challenges to scaling up nutrition through agriculture.DocumentImpact of climate change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible?
International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will define the priorities of the UN’s development agenda beyond 2015. But the reality of climate change impacts will render these aspirational goals almost impossibly challenging for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) unless the current level of ambition in development and climate action is urgently increased.DocumentGenerosity and sharing among villagers: Do women give more?
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2015This paper explores generosity among anonymous villagers and sharing within families using a dictator game field experiment that was carried out in rural villages in Ethiopia. We find that generosity among anonymous villagers is very low compared with the findings in the dictator game literature.DocumentEvaluation of Norway’s support to women’s rights and gender equality in development cooperation
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2015The report evaluates Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls ‘rights and gender equality through its development cooperation. It assesses the extent to which results have been achieved and whether they are in line with the Action plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in development cooperation and its four thematic priorities.Pages