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Kendra Helmer/USAID: Voters look for their names outside a polling station in Haiti in 2011, in the second round of the presidential elections.

Open data, transparency & accountability: topic guide

EU Naval Force (Op Atalanta) Somalia (Boarding teams of EU Naval Force warships conduct a routine check as part of anti-piracy operations.)

Organised crime, violence & development

Humanitarian learning resource guide

Looking for free online courses and materials? New...» more

Women’s political empowerment

This new literature review examines donor interventions on women’s political...» more
Adrian Gregorich/The Sentinel Project (part of the closing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada)

Transitional justice: topic guide

Helpdesk Reports» more

  • Sustainable livelihoods in Ugandan refugee settings

  • Effects of respect for international humanitarian law on displacement

  • Decentralisation and cash transfer programmes

  • Drivers of conflict in the Swat Valley, Pakistan

  • International humanitarian law and peace processes

  • Primary and secondary prevention of child protection violations

  • Humanitarian contingency plans for military operations

  • Methods and approaches for understanding behaviour change

Topic Guides » more

The newly modernised Correctional Services of Solomon Islands

Safety, security and justice

Safety, security and justice are priorities for poor people and are associated with development outcomes. What do we know about what has – or hasn’t – worked in safety, security and justice programming, and where? This updated Topic Guide for policymakers and practitioners synthesises the evidence, challenges and approaches that emerge from the...» more

Climate change and social development

solar power in India (Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures/DFID)
This topic guide synthesises literature on the links between climate change and social development, and includes evidence of their interactions, lessons, approaches and tools. It...» more

Poverty and inequality

Dhaka (Laura Elizabeth Pohl/Bread for the World)
This topic guide introduces key readings and debates on poverty and inequality. It covers measurement and analysis, trends and projections, and understanding and addressing extreme poverty and...» more

E-Learning » more

Poverty and conflict

  • Reading pack
by Zoe Marks
Poverty and conflict are widely understood to be closely interconnected; with poverty making countries more prone to civil war, and...» more

Social movements

  • Reading pack
by Alina Rocha Menocal
Social movements as contentious politics Social movements are large, often informal groupings of people who come together against power holders around...» more

Literature Reviews » more

  • Rapid fragility and migration assessment for Somalia

  • Rapid fragility and migration assessment for Ethiopia

Conflict Analyses » more

  • The Central African Republic crisis

  • Conflict analysis of Muslim Mindanao

Library » more

  • State of the world’s minorities and indigenous peoples 2016

  • The implications of land issues for climate resilient informal settlements in Fiji and Papua New Guinea.

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