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Strategic vision for girls and women: One year on [PDF - 456 KB]opens in a new window
17 August 2012
The Strategic Vision for Girls and Women: One Year On sets out what has been achieved in the past 12 months
How to note: Violence against women and gilrls - community programming [PDF - 949 KB]opens in a new window
07 August 2012
A Practical Guide on Community Programming on Violence against Women and Girls
How to note: Violence against women and girls - monitoring and evaluation [PDF - 1 MB]opens in a new window
Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation for Programming on Violence against Women and Girls
How to note: How to tackle violence against women and girls [PDF - 711 KB]opens in a new window
DFID’s new Theory of Change for tackling Violence against Women and Girls
DFID's response to ICAI report: Conflict Pool [PDF - 107 KB]opens in a new window
03 August 2012
DFID Management reponse to Independent Commission for Aid Impact recommendations on: Evaluation of the Inter-Departmental Conflict Pool
2012 Joint Factsheet on US-UK Partnership for Global Development [PDF - 98 KB]opens in a new window
14 March 2012
The US and UK are working together through the Partnership for Global Development to achieve better results by advancing economic growth; preventing conflict in fragile states; improving global health, particularly for girls and women; strengthening m ...
Results in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Situations [PDF - 383 KB]opens in a new window
28 February 2012
The note is for use by country offices in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and situations and is intended to bring together relevant materials and share good practice on measuring and managing for results in these contexts.
Saving lives, preventing suffering and building resilience [PDF - 295 KB]opens in a new window
15 September 2011
This Humanitarian Policy outlines how the UK will help build resilience to crises and respond to humanitarian need resulting from conflict and natural disasters
Conflict Pool annual report 2009-10 [PDF - 2.8 MB]opens in a new window
01 January 2011
The Conflict Pool seeks to reduce the impact of conflict and instability around the world. The UK is committed to preventing, managing and resolving conflict, and building peace and stability in the priority regions where the risk and impact of conflict .
Demining Strategy 2010 - 2013 [PDF - 148 KB]opens in a new window
16 March 2010
Creating a safer environment: clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile stituations: Paper A [PDF - 522 KB]opens in a new window
12 March 2010
Getting our analysis right in conflict-affected and fragile situations is a critical starting point for developing effective responses.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper I [PDF - 203 KB]opens in a new window
M&E is often neglected in situations of conflict and fragility, for a number of reasons.
Building peaceful states and societies [PDF - 1.5 MB]opens in a new window
This paper outlines a new, integrated approach, which puts state-building and peace-building at the centre of our work in fragile and conflict-affected countries.
Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Summary note [PDF - 901 KB]opens in a new window
DFID has produced a series of briefing papers in line with the DAC principles, to help country offices to develop more effective responses to the challenges they face.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper F [PDF - 232 KB]opens in a new window
Donor coordination has traditionally been poor in situations of conflict and fragility. The motivations for engaging in fragile situations vary, and there can be divergent political and security interests among donor countries.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper G [PDF - 230 KB]opens in a new window
The right balance and sequence of the different types of international engagement in conflict-affected environments – humanitarian, security, reconstruction, development – has been debated for many years.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper H [PDF - 197 KB]opens in a new window
The aim of this paper is to examine how risks for DFID are different in situations of conflict and fragility, and to give a range of practical examples demonstrating how they can be managed.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper E [PDF - 197 KB]opens in a new window
11 March 2010
Alignment is the use of a partner country’s policies, strategies and priorities to guide donor action – including programming choices and administrative, budgetary and other systems for aid management and delivery.
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper D [PDF - 276 KB]opens in a new window
Addressing discrimination, inequality and human rights is a core challenge of the state-building and peace-building process
Briefing note: Working effectively in conflict-affected and fragile situations: Paper C [PDF - 175 KB]opens in a new window
Politics, security and development are interdependent. Understanding the interplay between politics and security provides insights into how a country functions and addresses development at local and national level