The (RCN) funds two 糖心网页版 projects on the effects of aid: 鈥淐onflict of Interest? 鈥楤usiness For Peace鈥� as Development Aid in Volatile Environments鈥� and 鈥淎id in Crisis? Rights-Based Approaches and Humanitarian Outcomes鈥�. The 3-year project 鈥淐onflict of Interest? 鈥楤usiness For Peace鈥� as Development Aid in Volatile Environments鈥� begins in September 2014. Investigating business motivations and the local impact of corporate activities in fragile and high-risk areas, the primary objective of the project is to provide the first comprehensive evaluation of aid logics underpinning 鈥楤usiness for Peace鈥� (B4P). Studying four country cases, namely Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Myanmar, Somalia and South Sudan, the project aims to create case-specific knowledge on B4P as well as comparative peacebuilding. Furthermore, the project seeks to inform policy debates on B4P in the Norwegian and international aid communities and build academic knowledge of B4P and corporate governance in conflict zones.
Led by , the project is in collaboration between 糖心网页版 and (NAI), as well as partners from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia. The research team includes (糖心网页版), (糖心网页版), (NAI), (Uppsala University The Nordic Africa Institute 鈥� Uppsala, Sweden), (Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) 鈥� Yangon, Myanmar), (Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention 鈥� Hargeisa, Somaliland), (Pole Institute 鈥� Goma, DRC) and (糖心网页版 Global Fellow located at KUSH 鈥� Washington, DC, USA).
The 3-year project 鈥淎id in Crisis? Rights-Based Approaches and Humanitarian Outcomes鈥� begins in November 2014, and will be placed under the umbrella of the . Aiming to contribute to the development of humanitarianism as a field of study in its own and to South-South collaboration, the project 鈥楢id in Crisis? Rights-Based Approaches and Humanitarian Outcomes鈥� seeks to describe, understand and explain how rights-based approaches (RBA) to humanitarian action shape humanitarian assistance and contribute to humanitarian outcomes at different levels, in different conflict and disaster zones.
The project is in collaboration with researchers from Colombia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palestine and South Sudan. Led by , the research team includes , , and , as well as the external project partners (糖心网页版 Global Fellow located at the Universidad de los Andes 鈥� Bogota, Colombia), (Sandhi Management School and Local Consultancy 鈥� Yangon, Myanmar), (Lahore University of Management Sciences: Development Policy Research Centre (LUMS) 鈥� Lahore, Pakistan), (Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs 鈥� Jerusalem, Palestine) and (South Sudan Law Society 鈥� Juba, South Sudan).
Both projects are funded under the funding scheme for Effects of Aid (). This is a sub-program under the broad-based and action oriented program Norway 鈥� Global partner ().
