Resources
rssRealising the Potential of Civil Society-led South-South Development Cooperation
Author: Moilwa, T.
Publication date: 2015
Civil Society Organisations from the BRICS countries and Mexico are now leading a huge range of South-South Development Cooperation (SSDC) initiatives. These organisations have a significant role to play in the post-2015 development cooperation landscape.
Asking people what they think: Using perceptions data to monitor the post-2015 agenda
Authors: Rodríguez Takeuchi,L. & Hine, S. with Chávez, C.
Publication date: 2015
The call for a ‘data revolution’ has spurred debate around the inclusion of new data and indicators to measure progress towards development goals. Indicators of perceptions – based on asking people what matters to them most and their opinions of change – could help to stimulate public debate and hold policy-makers accountable.
Aid and the Islamic State
Author: Svoboda, E. & Redvers, L.
Publication date: 2014
The IRIN/HPG Crisis Brief is a new product designed for aid workers, policy makers and donors to address a gap in current analysis of humanitarian research and action.
This pilot examines the flows of international aid into parts of Iraq controlled by militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Inclusion, Resilience, Change: ADB’s Strategy 2020 at Mid-Term
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publication date: 2014
The midterm review of Strategy 2020 provides the Asian Development Bank (ADB) a precious opportunity to draw on its vast experience over the first 5 years of the strategy's implementation.
Gender justice and climate justice: community-based strategies to increase women’s political agency in watershed management in times of climate change
Authors: Figueiredo, P. & ; Perkins, P.E.
Publication date: 2011
This paper discusses South-North initiatives and models for community-based environmental and climate change education which are using the democratic opening provided by watershed-based governance structures to broaden grassroots participation, especially of women, in political processes.
From best practice to best fit: understanding and navigating wicked problems in international development
Authors: Ramalingam, B., Laric,M. & Primrose, J.
Publication date: 2014
This Working Paper summarises the findings of a series of small-scale pilots of selected complex systems methods in DFID’s wealth creation work. The pilots contributed to improved analysis and understanding of a range of wicked problems, and generated tangible findings that were directly utilised in corporate and programmatic decisions.
Women’s participation in green growth – a potential fully realised?
Author: von Hagen, M. & Willems, J.
Publication date: 2012
This study analyses opportunities and challenges for women’s participation in green growth in developing countries. The purpose of the study is threefold:
- to shed more light on the gender dimension of green growth, especially in the context of private sector development and thus fill a knowledge gap in the green growth discourse
- to validate women’s contributions to green growth and sustainable private sector development
- to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality
Youth participation in governance and monitoring of the post-2015 framework
Author: Davis, A., de la Harpe Bergh, G. & Lundy, A.
Publication date: 2014
This paper argues that young people, the majority of whom live in developing countries, should be included as key stakeholders in the post-2015 agenda - not only within the goals and targets of the framework, but also in post-2015 monitoring and accountability mechanisms.
Capacity, complexity and consulting: lessons from managing capacity development projects
Author: Datta, A., Shaxson, L. & Pellini, A.
Publication date: 2012
In the past few years, the ODI’s Research and Policy in Development Programme has increasingly collaborated with or managed large multiyear projects where it has been responsible for helping local institutions and organisations to build their capacity to use knowledge to improve policies and practices.
Setting aside the issue of knowledge-to-policy links, this paper serves to 1) reflect on what capacity is and how it develops; 2) identify implications of this for approaches used to promote capacity improvement processes; and 3) assess what this means for funding
practices.
The question of inclusiveness: a think-piece for the Making All Voices Count programme
Author: Berdou, E.
Publication date: 2014
This think-piece examines emerging and persistent debates about inclusiveness in attempts to promote citizen voice. It aims to capture where the conversation is at and which lessons are applicable from past and recent experience with inclusiveness in ICT-mediated citizen engagement.
