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"Chapter 1, by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), presents an overview of indicators from the Global State of Democracy Indices, which provide complementary indicators to measure progress on SDG Targets 16.3; 16.5, on reducing corruption and brib
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Democratic Openings and Country Visibility: Media Attention and the Allocation of US Democracy Aid, 1975-2010
Foreign Policy Analysis, volume 16, issue 3 (2020), pp. 373-396
"Late in the twentieth century, the United States embraced democracy promotion as a foreign policy priority, a central component of which involved allocating democracy aid to governments, political parties, and nongovernmental organizations around the world to support and encourage democratization.
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Synthesis of Evaluations in South Sudan: Lessons Learned for Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 2, issue 1 (2020), pp. 21-34
"South Sudan is one the largest recipients of official development assistance. Given the complexity of the operational environment, there is a need to learn from the lessons gained to-date. This article seeks to enable better-informed decision making based on a synthesis from humanitarian and develo
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"Overall, one finding stands out: the international community has repeatedly overestimated its own capacity and the capacity of its Afghan partners to bring about rapid social change. What has worked best are modest, locally embedded projects with immediate, tangible benefits. What has rarely worked
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China’s Foreign Aid: A Primer for Recipient Countries, Donors, and Aid Providers
Center for Global Development (2020), 16 pp.
"Since the 1950s, Chinese foreign aid has been influenced by and linked with China’s investment, trade, and foreign policy objectives. Partly as a result, it has also been fairly opaque. However, as Chinese aid (and loans) have increased in volume and significance, and as China’s economic status
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Afrotopia
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 175 pp.
"Noch immer wird Afrika mit Stereotypen behaftet, die Unterentwicklung und Armut hervorheben. Und noch immer werden die Perspektiven des Kontinents an westlichen Fortschrittsmaßstäben gemessen, selbst wenn sich diese längst als unbrauchbar, wenn nicht gar zerstörerisch erwiesen haben. Felwine Sa
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Accountability to Affected Populations: A Handbook for UNICEF and Partners
UNICEF (2020), xi, 109 pp.
What the EU Should Do for Democracy Support in Africa: Ten Proposals for a New Strategic Initiative in Times of Polarisation
Brussels; Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2020), 36 pp.
"Proposal 1: Bring democracy support and protection to the core of EU external action and implement this strategic priority in EU foreign relations with Africa (and worldwide). Proposal 2: Develop a new narrative and more strategic approach to democracy support in a geopolitical context where democr
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"This document aims to provide USAID staff and local partners with a framework for identifying and understanding risks associated with development data. It is meant as a conversation starter—to highlight important concerns and provide actionable advice—to help those who use data in development p
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Routledge Handbook of South-South Relations
Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2019), xxiii, 447 pp.
"This handbook critically explores diverse ways of defining 'the South' and of conceptualising and engaging with 'South-South relations.' Through 30 state-of-the-art reviews of key academic and policy debates, the handbook evaluates past, present and future opportunities and challenges of South-Sout
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Routledge Handbook of NGOs and International Relations
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xxvi, 658 pp.
"Offering insights from pioneering new perspectives in addition to well-established traditions of research and pioneering new perspectives, this Handbook considers the activities not only of advocacy groups in the environmental, feminist, human rights, humanitarian, and peace sectors, but also the a
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Donor Assistance in the Transparency and Accountability Movement
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2019), 36 pp.
Revitalizing Democracy Assistance to Counter Threats to Democratization
Washington, DC: German Marshall Fund of the United States (2019), 16 pp.
Pluriverso: Un diccionario del posdesarrollo
Barcelona: Icaria Editiorial (2019), 476 pp.
"'Pluriverso: Un diccionario del posdesarrollo es una estimulante colección de más de 100 ensayos sobre alternativas transformadoras a los actuales procesos dominantes del desarrollo globalizado, incluidas sus raíces estructurales ancladas en los valores de la modernidad, el capitalismo, el domin
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