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Evaluation of Norway’s support to women’s rights and gender equality in development cooperation
Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones, Inge Tvedten, Angélica Arbulú, Paola Pereznieto, Johanna Lindström and Mari Norbakk
This report evaluates Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls’ rights and gender equality through its development cooperation during the period 2007-2013. It assesses the extent to which results have been achieved and whether they are in line with the Action…

Evaluation of Norway’s support to women’s rights and gender equality in development coorperation: Ethiopia case study report
Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones, Taveeshi Gupta and Bekele Tefera
In 2014-15, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation commissioned an evaluation of the impact of Norwegian aid on enhancing gender equality and women’s rights in Southern partner countries. This report presents the Ethiopian case study, assessing Norway’s…

A mixed bag: Norway’s support for women and girls’ rights and gender equality in international development
Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Nicola Jones
In 2014-15, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation commissioned an evaluation of the impact of Norwegian aid on enhancing gender equality and women’s rights in Southern partner countries. This policy brief outlines policy and programming recommendations based…

Resilience in the SDGs: developing an indicator for Target 1.5 that is fit for purpose
Briefing papers | August 2015 | Aditya Bahadur, Emma Lovell, Emily Wilkinson, Thomas Tanner
An appropriate indicator for target 1.5 is needed. This paper provides one proposal as a first step to stimulate further debate.

Agricultural dynamics and food security trends in Uganda
Working and discussion papers | August 2015 | André Leliveld, Ton Dietz, Dick Foeken & Wijnand Klaver
This, the second case study of four from the Development Regimes in Africa (DRA) project exploring African agricultural breakthroughs, turns to look at the progress made by Uganda in its agricultural sector between 1961 – 2011.

ODI Annual Report 2014-2015: global reach, global presence
Research reports and studies | August 2015
2015 is a watershed year for international development and for ODI. This report outlines our 2014–2015 impact, building on a combination of research, convening and communication.

Does adaptation finance invest in disaster risk reduction?
Working and discussion papers | August 2015 | Alice Caravani
Adaptation finance is playing an important role in supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR). Programmes supported by the Green Climate Fund have potential to support DRR activities as part of efforts to shift towards low-emission and climate-resilient development.

Mental health and psychosocial support service provision for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings, a culturally sensitive response
Research reports and studies | August 2015 | Kusala Wettasinghe, Sarala Emmanuel, Fiona Samuels and Ananda Galappatti
The research reported on in this report is the second stage of a study conducted by the Overseas Development Institute (UK) and The Good Practice Group (Sri Lanka) with the support from the ReBUILD Consortium, a research partnership funded by the UK Department for…