Improving access to humanitarian aid in conflict and complex emergencies has always been a major concern for policy makers and humanitarian actors. Historically, ...

Development organizations seek to improve support for gender reforms, especially among populations who might undermine implementation. Yet, little is ...

Population control policies keep on attracting a lot of attention. The main argument in favour of a reduction in fertility rates, is that having more ...

  What have been the main drivers of Norway’s approach to the post-9/11 international engagement in Afghanistan? This paper considers two ...

The surge in the US presence in Afghanistan, announced by President Barack Obama soon after taking office, is unfolding rapidly. What does this ‘surge’ ...

Formal institutions are central actors in natural resource governance decisions and a key arena in which policies, laws and regulations ranging from forest ...

This paper presents the preliminary findings of a baseline survey of 1800 households in three different agricultural development divisions which was undertaken ...

How has scholarship on state fragility influenced the policies of influential international actors? Professor Paris argues that academic research has helped policy-makers to define and refine understandings of state fragility as a policy problem, and has informed the development of operational frameworks for response.

Ten years ago, on January 12, at 16:53 in the afternoon, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. The country was left in shambles. So was the women’s ...

Land issues have been rising up the agenda of policy makers due to rapid urbanisation and high food prices. Yet, land administration is one of the most ...

South Africa’s planned development aid agency, South African Development Partnership Agency, is expected to be established in 2013. This report ...

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are high on the government and donor agendas in Sub-Saharan Africa, but have largely failed to have an impact. ...

The persistent policy of successive Sudanese governments in favouring large-scale agricultural investments at the expense of traditional land use is creating ...

The report reviews available research on the links between agriculture and the rest of the economy, with a focus on structural adjustment and the role ...

Over the past few decades political processes recognizing and broadening sexual and reproductive rights have produced a reaction from conservative sectors ...

With a focus on the institutional set-up and the political environment as central to understanding and rectifying the poor impact of mining on Ghana’s ...

Widespread tax evasion reflected in persistent public resistance to pay is seen as part of the problem of raising local government revenues in Tanzania. ...

Danida has provided financial support to research networks with a view to creating better synergies between research and policy/operations. Six networks ...

The analysis shows that trade liberalisation can be expected to lead to higher growth. Namibia conforms to the typical SSA picture of low growth and ...

This study was commissioned by Norad. The Report provides an assessment of the institutional restructuring of SADC and an input to the planning of future ...