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How to Build Accountability in Fragile States? Some Lessons (and 2 New Jobs)...
One of my favourite Oxfam programmes is called (rather arcanely) ‘Within and Without the State’(WWS). It is trying to build civil society and good governance in some pretty unpromising environments –...
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Politics, Economists and the Dangers of Pragmatism: Reflections on DFID's...
DFID really is an extraordinary institution. I spent Monday and Tuesday at the annual get together one of its professional cadres – about 200 advisers on governance and conflict. They were bombarded...
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Cutting through the Gordian Knot: Analysis of conflict and violence
A young Palestinian participating in a violence prevention session during a recent World Bank Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (GSURR) staff retreat, reminisced that not that long ago the...
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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week. Drones for Development Project Syndicate Unmanned aerial vehicles have populated both the...
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The potential of reforming state broadcasters in divided societies: Advancing...
BBC Media Action's Director of Policy and Learning argues for an urgent rethinking of what is often considered a relic of the past - the state broadcaster - to encourage discussion, dialogue and...
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Rethinking research: Systemic approaches to the ethics and politics of...
Recently, Humanity, a peer-reviewed academic journal from the University of Pennsylvania, has been hosting an online symposium on the changing nature of knowledge production in fragile states. In light...
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Policy to research to policy in difficult places
This post was written by Alex de Waal, the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and a Research Professor at The Fletcher School. It is a contribution to an online symposium on the changing...
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The alchemy of relationships and the production of evidence
This post is by Holly Porter, a visiting fellow at the Department of International Development of the London School for Economics and Political Science and lead researcher for northern Uganda for the...
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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week. Fourth most deadly year on record for journalists Committee to Protect Journalists In 2015, 71...
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From method to market: Some thoughts on the responses to "Tomayto tomahto"
In this final post, Deval Desai and Rebecca Tapscott respond to comments by Lisa Denney and Pilar Domingo, Michael Woolcock, Morten Jerven, Alex de Waal, and Holly Porter.Our paper, Tomayto Tomahto,...
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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond World Economic Forum We stand on the...
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Refugee team carries bittersweet message to the world
Also available in: EspañolThousands of spectators rippled to their feet while millions of others around the world joyfully watched live images on TV as the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)...
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Transcending fragility – The importance of inclusive leadership
2016 continues to witness a growing incidence of violent conflict around the world. These conflicts are particularly problematic in the group of 60 countries often referred to as Fragile States. Donor...
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S.O.S. from La Paz: send water, please!
If you wonder what climate change means in real time, and how it impacts people’s lives on a daily basis, just read the news about the on-going water crisis in Bolivia. Over the past six weeks,...
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Education amidst Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Access to schooling and quality learning can be undermined by various manifestations of fragility, conflict and violence (FCV). The effect of different elements of FCV on education has both immediate...
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