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Measuring Community Norms Around Women’s Empowerment in the West Bank: Opportunities and Challenges of a Novel Approach Using Cultural Consensus

Published on: December 31, 2019 Related Projects: Enhanced Palestinian Justice Program Related Technical Areas: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Democracy and Governance Related Countries: West Bank and Gaza
Understanding cultural norms is essential to achieving development results but can sometimes be difficult. The authors of this paper tested a novel method to monitor and evaluate a USAID justice project in the West Bank, Palestine.
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Community Engagement in Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons from the Field-Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

Published on: January 31, 2019 Related Technical Areas: Environment and Natural Resources Related Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
This paper examines how conservation practitioners can learn from the effort to question the utility of community engagement, adapt lessons to bridge conservation and development more effectively, and apply the limited funds available to conservation to accomplish more on the ground.
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Evidence on Biodiversity Conservation Impacts: Assessing Theories, Approaches, and Outcomes from Community Engagement and Tenure

Published on: March 31, 2019 Related Technical Areas: Environment and Natural Resources
This paper uses systematic synthesis methods to assess the state of the peer-reviewed evidence base on community engagement interventions linked to terrestrial conservation projects. Specifically, it examines the relationships between different engagement approaches and land tenure/governance structures.
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