Countering the caliphate in North Africa: three expert views on gender and the need for collective actionInsight | 15 November 2019 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Rachel George, Melanie PinetThree key insights from experts working with the UN to promote regional collaboration and gender in Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism programmes. Read and comment
Reconstruction plans in Syria must be a priority at Brussels pledging conference – statement and experts availablePress release | 11 March 2019International leaders will gather in Brussels tomorrow for the third Syria pledging conference Find out more
Brussels Conference on Syria: four issues donors must prioritise next weekComment | 7 March 2019 | Susan Nicolai, Maria Stavropoulou, Kerrie Holloway, Sarah AdamczykIn the lead-up to the Syria pledging conference, donors need to prioritise education, the rights of women and girls, work opportunities and reconstruction. Read and comment
UKRI GCRF South- South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub (MIDEQ)Projects | January 2019 to January 2023ODI joins major research project on South-South migration, inequality and development Find out more
Changing the lives of rural women and girls for the betterBriefing papers | October 2018 | Steve WigginsThis briefing explores what an inclusive agricultural transformation that empowers women and girls in the global South might look like. Downloads
A region without “spring”: a tenacious tale of poverty, inequality and precarityJournal articles or issues | November 2016 | Dina Mansour-IlleExamining the socioeconomic realities of inequality that triggered the Arab Spring and how poverty, inequality, and precarity continue to plague the Arab region. Downloads
Unexpected allies: fossil fuel subsidy reform and education financeResearch reports and studies | November 2016 | Laurie van der Burg and Shelagh WhitleyThis report evaluates the links between fossil fuel subsidy reforms and promised increases in expenditure on education. Downloads
The socioeconomics of exclusion: re-questioning citizenship in relation to social justice in post-Arab Spring EgyptBriefing papers | February 2016 | Dina Mansour-IlleThis paper examines the socioeconomic policies of exclusion that are still undermining the enjoyment of basic citizenship rights in Egypt. Downloads
Women’s rights in Islamic Shari’a: between interpretation, culture and politicsJournal articles or issues | November 2014 | Dina Mansour-IlleThis article analyses existing biases – whether due to misinterpretation, culture or politics – in the application of women’s rights under Islamic Shari’a law. Downloads
Innovation platforms to enhance participation in rainwater management: lessons from the Nile Basin Development Challenge with a particular focus on political economy and equity issuesResearch reports and studies | October 2014 | Eva Ludi, Josephine TuckerThis paper draws lessons from two years of work with ‘innovation platforms’ that were established by the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) program in an attempt to strengthen landscape-level rainwater management in Ethiopia. The NDBC’s work included the use of an... Download
