The CCAPS program is partnering with Development Gateway and AidData to better track and understand development aid for climate change adaptation in Africa. As part of this endeavor, CCAPS and Development Gateway have started an internship program for University of Texas students at Development Gateway in Washington, DC for summer 2011. The program is designed to complement existing internships that have been supported by the College of William & Mary and Brigham Young University as a key component of the AidData project.
During this program, interns will build upon the framework established by AidData, Development Gateway and the World Bank under their “Mapping for Results” initiative. Interns will explore the relationship between the geographic location of development assistance projects and the climate vulnerability of these areas. Interns will work primarily on geo-referencing development aid projects to Africa, as aligned with the objectives of the CCAPS research program. Interns may also begin working to undertake more in-depth coding of potential climate change projects, conduct in-country interviews and surveys, and initiate crowd-sourcing and local-geocoding of key projects and locations.
The Strauss Center’s program on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) recently published its Final Program Report on “Climate, Conflict, and Governance in Africa: Pinpointing Risks and Opportunities.” (more…)
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Catherine Weaver, co-director for Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD) at the University of Texas at Austin, recently co-authored a report for the Ending Rural Hunger Project at the Brookings Institute. The paper, “Mapping Food Assistance in Malawi”, discusses a new methodology used by IPD and the Climate Change and African Political Stability program (CCAPS) to improve...
In CCAPS Research Brief No. 34, Pathways of Governance Aid Effectiveness: The Case of Rwanda and Burundi, CCAPS researcher Brooke Escobar analyzes aid programming in post-conflict situations using a case study of Rwanda and Burundi. The study considers the causal mechanisms through which democracy promotion programs impact democratic development in a post-conflict context, seeking to identify whether building formal institutions or fostering...