Development Aid, Effectiveness, and Inequalities in Conflict-Affected Societies (DEAFIN)
Led by Henrik Urdal
Jan 2016 – Dec 2019
Members
This 4-year project is funded by the Research Council of Norway
- Economic Policy Research Centre, Makerere University (Uganda)
- Department of Political Science and Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)
- Center for Population Studies, Addis Abeba University (Ethiopia)
- Johanne Sundby, International Health, UiO
- Sunniva Engh, History of DA, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
- Frances Stewart, Development Economics, University of Oxford
Research Package 1
Research Question 1.1What are the key patterns in the distribution of DA in Sub-Saharan Africa and how are they associated with horizontal inequalities?Research Question 1.2How does the understanding of inequalities affect the institutional priorities shaping where DA is distributed?
Research Question 2.1How does the distribution of development aid affect horizontal inequalities in countries with and without a history of violent conflict?Research Question 2.2How does development aid influence local-level health outcomes, including health inequalities between ethnic and religious groups?
PRIO Co-Hosts Maternal and Child Health Workshop with the Wilson Center, D.C.
PRIO Director Henrik Urdal and Senior Researchers Gudrun Østby and Siri Aas Rustad took part in a workshop on maternal and child health in conflict situations at the Wilson Center 28 August. The event, titled 'Where's the Link? Maternal and Child Health, Aid, and Armed Conflict', was cohosted by PRIO and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 3-2016)
The third 2016 issue of the PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update is now out.
The lead story in this issue looks at approaches to integrating gender into foreign policy, with examples from Australia and Sweden. The story is based on talks by Professor Jacqui True (Monash University) and Professor Karin Aggestam (Lund University) at the recent PRIO seminar 'Gender in Foreign Policy', held on 23 September 2016.
Public Health and Armed Conflict: Immunization in Times of Systemic Disruptions
Journal Article in Population and Development Review
Maternal Health Care Among Refugees and Host Communities in Northern Uganda: Access, Quality, and Discrimination
Journal Article in Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Development Aid, Drought, and Coping Capacity
Journal Article in Journal of Development Studies
Development Aid, Drought and Coping Capacity
PRIO Policy Brief
Development Aid and Health Equity in Ethiopia
Journal Article in Development Studies Research
Equity in aid allocation and distribution: A qualitative study of key stakeholders in Northern Uganda
Journal Article in PLoS ONE
Armed conflict and maternal mortality: A micro-level study of sub-Saharan Africa, 1989–2013
Journal Article in Social Science & Medicine
Chinese aid and local corruption
Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics
Racing to the bottom? Chinese development projects and trade union involvement in Africa
Journal Article in World Development
Political Exclusion, Group Inequality and Aid Distribution
Conflict Trends
Does Aid Reduce Infant Mortality? Local-Level Evidence from Nigeria
Conflict Trends
Development aid and infant mortality. Micro-level evidence from Nigeria
Journal Article in World Development
Education and Systematic Group Inequalities in Nigeria
Conflict Trends
