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rssPolitics and advocacy
Authors: VeneKlasen, L. & Miller, V.
This chapter helps you bring to the surface some of the misgivings about what is ‘political’ in order to establish a level of comfort with the subject. This lays the foundation for further learning and action.
Realising 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.
Dynamics of Rural Innovation - a primer for emerging professionals
Authors: Pyburn, R. & Woodhill, J. (eds.)
Publication date: 2014
Dynamics of Rural Innovation – a primer for emerging professionals is a co-publication of KIT and Wageningen University’s Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) that brings together the experiences of over 40 conceptual thinkers and development practitioners to articulate lessons on agricultural innovation processes and social learning.
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).
Niches for Social Enterprises: How hybrid-model social enterprises cluster in Kenya and Vietnam
Authors: Darko, E. & Avis, W. (ODI)
Publication date: 2014
In this blog post, the authors reflect when social enterprises can best offer solutions to intractable social problems, based on ODI reviews.
A Peacebuilding Tool for a Conflict-Sensitive Approach to Development: A Pilot Initiative in Nepal
Author: Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Publication date: 2014
The peacebuilding tool is an analytical tool for assisting project team leaders and social experts in understanding the local context, and in identifying potential risks to implementation of development projects that are linked to social conflicts, as well as in formulating mitigation measures for addressing these risks.
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.
Rusty Radiator Awards. Let's save Africa! - Gone wrong
The video is made by The Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund to challenge the stereotypes frequently used in fundraising campaigns. The Rusty Radiator Award goes to the fundraising video with the worst use of stereotypes.
Ted Talk Fred Swaniker: The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak structures, leaders could make or break a country.
In a passionate talk the entrepreneur and TED Fellow looks at different generations of African leaders and imagines how to develop the leadership of the future.
