Evolutionary game theory provides the tools to analyze which strategies, or patterns of behaviour, emerge over time through a process of adaptation. ...

A social norms approach can help practitioners design effective anti-corruption reforms. Social norms in communities, families, and organisations ...

Early pregnancy occurs frequently in Zambia and is considered a public health issue. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of how ...

This project is part of the 'Formative Process Research on Integration in Southern Africa (Foprisa)'. This research component is termed 'Norms ...

After the end of the Cold War armed conflict steadily declined; however, since 2007 that trend has reversed. New conflicts in countries with ...

Evolutionary game theory provides the tools to analyze which strategies, or patterns of behaviour, emerge over time through a process of adaptation. ...

Why do 'integrity building' interventions in development settings rarely induce governance practices that are consistent with the standards ...

In Africa and Latin America the conditions of rights to land are commonly characterised by ambiguous rules and norms that are intimately connected to the construction and inequality of both national and local social structures and ethnic and religious identities.

-Moderate reforms can have a positive magnet effect on traditional oppressive social norms, says Jean-Philippe Platteau.

Uganda's new anti-homosexuality law has disheartened the international human rights community. Would it have been possible to foresee Museveni's approval of the law? In an ideal world, actors promoting human rights can design projects and interventions and see them through with norms and laws in mind. In the real world, where politics and erratic decisions come into play, human rights work is extremely challenging.

Cooperative norms and behavior are considered to be essential requirements for sustainable stabilization and development in conflict-affected ...

Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing ...

This research project seeks to explore the relationship between legal pluralism – the multiple norms, institutions, practices and beliefs ...

All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, ...

The traditional native justice system in Darfur has an advantage over the modern state judicial one; it has proved its relevance for effectively ...

In some societies people come to see corruption as the norm. When popular opinion in a country normalises corruption, this results in low trust ...

Women’s protection needs in war zones has been brought to the forefront of the international security agenda. It is argued that women ...

This project aims to measure the effect of economic support and community dialogue on early child-bearing rates in rural Zambia. Adolescent ...

The project analyses the strategic use of rights and law in battles over abortion rights in Latin America – and the various effects of ...

There is broad agreement in international development on the higher incidence of women amongst the global poor and on the role that gender inequalities ...