Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium

05 Mar On borrowed time: The limits of informal credit for livelihood security in Herat, Afghanistan

Posted at 17:02h by George Richards

...of the urgent need to create opportunities for Afghanistan’s surplus rural labour force and to meet the needs of migrants to and returnees from Iran. Background Image reference https://www.flickr.com/photos/imtfi/5475527439/license:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/...

11 Sep Sierra Leone

Posted at 12:36h by George Richards

choices at the community level in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone + Sierra Leone: Getting beyond nutrition as ‘a women’s issue’ Briefing Paper / Sierra Leone + After Ebola: why and...

11 Apr Can Social Protection Build State Legitimacy? Perspectives from Post War Sri Lanka

Posted at 13:00h by winona_admin

...with state officials. In Sri Lanka, context makes it difficult to scale up local level state-society relations around social protection provisions. This article is available to download from: http://davidpublisher.org/Public/wp-content/wp-content/uploads/Contribute/587f285a3ce1f.pdf...

15 Jun Tracking change in livelihoods, service delivery and governance: Evidence from a 2012-2015 panel survey in Sri Lanka

Posted at 13:00h by winona_admin

while the survey results offer a positive picture of recovery in general, the data strongly depicts an unevenness along ethnic, spatial, and gender dimensions. Annex 1.pdf Annex 2.pdf...

12 Nov Service delivery and state-building: the 46.7 billion dollar question?

Posted at 16:45h in Blog by George Richards

conflict-affected situations. It is a compelling narrative: deliver basic services (health, education water and sanitation) and – voilà! – better prospects for long-term peace and stability.” Read more: http://www.odi.org.uk/opinion/6884-service-delivery-state-building-conflicted-affected-states [^]...

25 Mar Expert in focus: Agnes Soucat on service delivery in conflict

Posted at 22:38h in Video by George Richards

...Report 2004 anniversary conference about what needs to be done to ensure people have access to basic services in conflict-affected situations. For more information about the conference click here: https://www.odi.org/events/wdr-conference-making-services-work-for-poor-people...

25 Mar Expert in focus: Lant Pritchett on service delivery in conflict

Posted at 22:32h in Video by George Richards

12 Nov ‘What works’? Systematic reviews in international development research and policy

Posted at 17:11h in Blog by George Richards

...relatively new to the world of international development research. But they are being increasingly promoted as an important step in strengthening evidence-informed policy-making amongst aid agencies.” Read more: http://www.odi.org.uk/opinion/6283-systematic-reviews-international-development-slrc [^]...

12 Nov Why political settlements matter: a response to Mick Moore

Posted at 17:02h in Blog by George Richards

...particular issue with the lack of consensus regarding definition, Mick questions the legitimacy of the concept, closing with a somewhat pessimistic evaluation of its added value.” Read more: http://www.odi.org.uk/opinion/6816-political-settlements-matter-response-mick-moore [^]...

29 May One small step for democracy, one giant leap for Pakistan?

Posted at 13:27h in Blog by George Richards

(recycled) electoral promises. What Pakistan needs is a bold plan of action, and whether Sharif and his party can deliver on it remains the ultimate question.” Read more: http://www.odi.org.uk/opinion/7451-pakistan-election-2013-democracy-governance [^]...

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