This report analyses foreign aid to capacity development in central state institutions in fragile situations. The report discusses five cases with relatively successful outcomes in Afghanistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia and South Sudan These cases show that interventions tend to succeed if...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) represent the most ambitious global development agenda in history. Achieving them will require financing far beyond traditional aid, especially at a time where established donors are cutting or diverting aid budgets to meet refugee and security issues....

In the debate in Europe, conflict, lack of development, population growth, and climate change are often described as the 'root causes' of African migration. However, recent research-based literature on the links between migration and development stands in stark contrast to such simplified...

The 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness provided an important framework for encouraging donor and partner countries to adapt aid management practices to make development cooperation more effective. The agenda it advanced has since lost visibility, even among aid providers that were once...

This report examines how and to what extent national action plans (NAPs) are a useful tool for fostering local ownership of the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. Focusing on three case countries, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali, the report interrogates different actions that can generate...

To examine possible common ground for co-operation between certain African countries, the African Union (AU) and Denmark, this study reviews the gender equality priorities of the AU and nine of its member states. The study explores (I) the priorities, contestations and gaps in the AU's gender...

Though in decline, tank irrigation is still an important characteristic of rural social life in many parts of South India. It is of particular importance to the poor being dependent on agriculture, while rich landowners increasingly concentrate their investments and income on non-rural...