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Research Reports and Studies
Improving the odds for progress in Nigeria
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Victoria Chambers and Clare Cummings, with David Booth
This policy brief examines the experience of two public sector reform programmes which have made tangible advances in Nigeria – despite challenging political and socio-economic conditions – by utilising innovative working methods.

Social enterprise landscape in Ghana
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Emily Darko
This paper seeks to outline the social enterprise landscape in Ghana. It reviews the enabling environment and the scope of capacity-building activities supporting social enterprise to provide an overview of the profile of existing social enterprises and social innovation activity.

Transforming the lives of girls and young women – Year two country briefings
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Nicola Jones, Bekele Terefra, Janey Stephenson, Taveeshi Gupta, Paola Pereznieto, Anita Ghimire, Fiona Samuels, Carol Watson, Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe, Elizabteth Presler-Marshall, Tran Thi Van Anh
This set of four country briefings draws on evidence from the year 2 qualitative and participatory field research of the “Transforming the lives of girls and young women” project. They examine how social norms interact and impact on adolescent girls and their ability to achieve their full capabilities.

Understanding changing social norms and practices around girls’ education and marriage
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Carol Watson
The report details the lessons learned from the second year of fieldwork research conducted for the DFID funded project “Transforming the lives of girls and young women”.

What causes animosity between groups? Evidence from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Massimiliano Calì and Sami H. Miaari
This paper focuses on the impact of a specific policy, which accentuates the inequality in access to resources across groups in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Does the wage bill affect conflict? Evidence from Palestine
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Massimiliano Calì, Sami Miaari and Belal Fallah
This paper revisits the relationship between local economic conditions and political violence in the context of the Israeli Palestinian (I-P) conflict.

Trade, employment and conflict: Evidence from the Second Intifada
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Massimiliano Calì and Sami H. Miaari
This paper moves beyond the commodity prices analysis and considers how exogenous changes in the entire exports and imports baskets affect conflict.

Resilience scan 2014: A review of key 2014 literature, debates, social media, blogs and events on resilience
Research reports and studies, March 2015
Tanner, T., Bahadur, A.V., Simonet, C. and Betts, H
This ‘resilience scan’ summarises the developments during 2014 in thinking and practice in the field of resilience, framed by a set of summaries focused on: 1. Insights from renowned resilience experts; 2. A review of academic literature from 2014; 3. Recommended blogs and twitter feeds; 4. A calendar of key resilience events.