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Are fragile states really failing to meet the MDGs?
10 December 2012 | conflict, fragile states, mdgsAlmost whenever you read anything about fragile states, the introduction notes that, ‘no low-income fragile or conflict-affected country has yet to achieve a single United Nations Millennium...
Release l Global Terrorism Index
05 December 2012 | conflict, cross-country, global index, release, terrorismLONDON, 4 December 2012 – The number of terrorist incidents has increased virtually every year since 9/11 according to the Global Terrorism Index (GTI), which launches today. However, terrorism...
Vacancy: Senior Advisor for Organization-wide Monitoring (position originally posted 15.11.2012)
16 November 2012 | conflict, m&e, migration, monitoring, ngo, vacancyThe International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the...
How Far do Perception Surveys Take Us in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations?
02 July 2012 | assessment, conflict, fragile states, perception survey[...] Perception surveys exist to gather information on people’s views. Typically administered in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, but increasingly...
2012 Update: Failed States Index - Interactive Map and Rankings
26 June 2012 | conflict, failed states, global index, securityViews amidst violence: can perception surveys improve aid in fragile states? - Events - Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
08 June 2012 | conflict, fragility, methodology, perceptionsAid policy and programming in fragile and conflict-affected situations often assumes that investing in improved service delivery, justice and security can contribute to state-building and peace-...
New Resources on Conflict and Fragility
30 April 2012 | conflict, fragility, publicationThe Oslo Governance Centre (OGC) is working with the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and Democratic Governance Group to achieve a better understanding of how governance is working in...
Why Women Are a Foreign Policy Issue - By Melanne Verveer | Foreign Policy
24 April 2012 | conflict, fragility, gender, governance, peace processIn the past, U.S. diplomacy and development efforts were conducted in a manner that was gender neutral at best. The United States regularly supported peace talks that left women out of negotiating...
Survey (Philippines): Impact of conflict and violence in the Philippines, 2000-2010 - Survey results (I) | Making development work for all
19 March 2012 | asia pacific, conflict, displacement, fragility, philippines, report, surveyA new report, Violent Conflicts and Displacement in Central Mindanao: Challenges for recovery and development (available at www.worldbank.org/ph), looks at vulnerability in some of the most conflict-...
Supporting Rural Women's Engagement in Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Conflict and Fragile Settings
24 February 2012 | climate change, conflict, environment, gender, natural resourcesFrom collecting water and gathering wood for fuel, to participating in farming, and to mining extractive resources, natural resources are critical for rural women’s and their families’ livelihoods...