How does political context shape education reforms and their success? Lessons from the Development Progress project

El Salvador's progress on governance: Negotiation, political inclusion and post-war transition

Eliminating World Poverty: Building Our Common Future

After the buffaloes clash: moving from political violence to personal security in Timor-Leste

Beyond basics: the growth of post-primary education in Kenya

Security progress in post-conflict contexts: between liberal peacebuilding and elite interests

A long road home: Challenges of returnee reintegration in Southern Sudan

Hidden and exposed: urban refugees in Nairobi, Kenya

A master-class in bridging research and policy?

Economic growth ~ Governance ~ Humanitarian system ~ Inequality ~ Public finance ~ Security ~ Violence ~ Global ~ Conflict

‘The fish rots from the head down’: the global drugs trade and the erosion of the Malian state

Humanitarian system ~ Security ~ Violence ~ Mali ~ sub-Saharan Africa ~ Conflict ~ Urban ~ Jobs & livelihoods

Choosing partners in security and justice programming: The need for pragmatism

Aid ~ Fragile states ~ Governance ~ Security ~ Violence ~ Ethiopia ~ Europe ~ sub-Saharan Africa ~ United Kingdom (UK) ~ Conflict

1. Leave no one behind

The role of the media in fragile states: can donors help improve the quality of journalism?

Is ‘human security’ a neat way of framing a poverty-focused aid programme, or a clever device for the EU to appropriate development aid for the purposes of foreign policy?

Security ~ Violence ~ Conflict

A new aid deal for fragile states?

Why cutting foreign aid makes America weaker

Aid ~ Governance ~ Politics ~ Security ~ Violence ~ United States (US) ~ Conflict

External Attempts at Peace and Nation Building: Lessons for and from Africa