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Forcibly Displaced: Toward a Development Approach Supporting Refugees, the Internally Displaced, and Their Hosts
The World Bank Group (2017)
This report, produced in close partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), attempts to better understand the challenge of forced displacement and encourage new thinking from a socioeconomic perspective. To help the displaced, the report suggests ways to rebuild their lives with dignity through development support, focusing on their vulnerabilities. It also examines how to help host communities that need to manage the sudden arrival of large numbers of displaced people. As work on a new Global Compact on Responsibility Sharing for Refugees progresses, the report underscores the importance of humanitarian and development communities working together in complementary ways to support countries throughout the crisis.
Get AccessUrban Crises Learning Fund
IIED (2017)
Urban areas are increasingly the sites of humanitarian crises, from natural disasters to conflict and displacement. Through a programme of research, documenting and learning from experience and development of tools and approaches, IIED developed this suite of tools and practical guidance notes aimed at building the knowledge and capacity to respond of humanitarian actors working in urban areas, and of urban actors facing humanitarian crises.
Get AccessSupporting Accountability in Fragile Settings: a Review for the Somalia Implementation and Analysis in Action of Accountability Programme
ODI (2017)
Accountability is often credited as playing a crucial role in establishing and maintaining legitimacy between citizens and states, contributing to more responsive allocation of public resources, reducing corruption, and improving the quality of public goods and services. Despite this potential, the evidence on how to effectively promote stronger accountability relationships and improved governance and development outcomes is limited. Moreover, accountability challenges can be particularly acute in fragile and conflict-affected states.
Get AccessUrban Governance of Forced Displacement: Premises, Requirements and Challenges in the Light of New Humanitarian Trends
German Development Institute / Raumplanung (2017)
The paper offers a conceptual reflection on the institutional and operational conditions for (good) urban governance in light of forced displacement. It draws from the literature on urban governance of forced displacement and mobility, studies on urban refugees and related policy documents. A specific emphasis is placed on cities and municipalities in countries of the Global South, home to a large part of global refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).The authors describe two policy trends, which they describe as "local turn in humanitarian aid" and "local turn in migration and integration policies" They conclude that in order to meet the challenges in urban governance of forced displacement, it is necessary to raise awareness for the local perspective on humanitarian aid, to place refugee and IDP policies higher on the political agenda, and to create new forms of inter-agency cooperation with development co-operations.
Get AccessWorking Together for Local Integration of Migrants and Refugees
OECD (2018)
This report by OECD describes what it takes to formulate a place-based approach to integration through concerted efforts across levels of government as well as between state and non-state actors. It draws on both quantitative evidence, from a statistical database, and qualitative evidence from a survey of 72 cities. These include nine large European cities (Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Paris, Rome and Vienna) and one small city in Germany (Altena), which are the subject of in-depth case studies. The report also presents a 12-point checklist, a tool that any city or region can use to work across levels of government and with other local actors in their efforts to promote more effective integration of migrants.
Get AccessRule of Law Annual Report 2017
UNDP (2018)
This Annual Report provides an overview of UNDP's contributions to strengthen the rule of law and human rights in crisis-affected contexts and progress achieved with their partners at the global, regional, and country levels. Part I, Year in Review, reflects on the innovative aspects of the Global Programme and highlights UNDP's intensified efforts to support the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and the realisation of the 2030 Agenda. Part II, Country Profiles, presents a synopsis of UNDP's engagement in 37 countries affected by crisis or conflict. Lastly, Part III, provides detailed financial information on the Global Programme.
Get AccessCrossing Boundaries in Protecting Civilians: Mapping Actors, Insigths and Conceptual Spaces
HPG (2018)
This paper aims to cross the invisible boundaries that characterise protection discourse and practice, particularly regarding 'local' protection. It explores the strengths and challenges of local protection, and identifies the intersections between different protection actors and protection approaches, particularly in terms of how they work in or with local populations.
Get AccessPaths between Peace and Public Service: A Comparative Analysis of Public Service Reform Trajectories in Postconflict Countries
World Bank (2019)
A new World Bank study aims to answer the question: 'Considering the short-term compromises, what is the best approach to rebuilding public services in post-conflict settings?' Paths between Peace and Public Service compares public service reform trajectories in five countries – Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Timor-Leste – in the aftermath of conflict. The report investigates four crucial issues: size and composition of the public service; pay reforms; public service management bodies; and parallel structures.
Get AccessDebt Dynamics, Fiscal Deficit, and Stability in Government Borrowing in India: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
Das, P.; ADB (2016)
States in India are endowed with expenditure autonomy but fiscal performance has been deteriorating and diverging across Indian states. This paper analyses whether the composition of expenditure of the subnational governments has an impact on the degree of indebtedness. This research indicates that, apart from the budget structure, the state-specific factors affecting fiscal performance play an important role in government borrowing. Curiously enough, government borrowing is more responsive to revenue expenditure than capital outlay and has more growth-augmenting effect through revenue expenditure.
Get AccessInsolvency Frameworks for Sub-National Governments
OECD (2018)
This paper identifies the benefits of setting up an insolvency framework for sub-national governments complementing existing budget rules and procedures. It analyses different design options of sub-national insolvency frameworks by drawing on existing regimes for municipalities in Colombia, Hungary, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States as well as proposals for sovereign bankruptcy procedures taken from the academic literature. The paper also explores the main challenges for implementing sub-national insolvency regimes and presents possible solutions.
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