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Publications by Alexander Gaus

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  • Evaluation report 17 Feb 2023

    Evaluation of the Policy on WFP’s Role in Peacebuilding in Transition Settings

    By Julia Steets, Claudia Meier, Alexander Gaus, Sarah Bressan, Inji El Bakry, Steffen Eckhard, Jan Kemper, Elena Leuschner
    What effects that did the World Food Programme's projects have on conflict and peace dynamics? How relevant were their policy implementation measures? What factors enabled or hindered their impact? An evaluation from 2012 to 2021.…
  • Project report 08 Dec 2020

    Independent Review of Individual Donor Assessments in Humanitarian Operations

    By Alexander Gaus, Steffen Eckhard, Marie Wagner, Vytautas Jankauskas, Julia Steets
    Despite the Grand Bargain commitment to curb individual donor assessments, the number of donor assessments are on the rise. This report demonstrates why this is happening, which donors are responsible and what can be done to better balance the needs and interests of agencies and donors.…
  • Project report 12 Jun 2019

    Harmonizing Reporting Pilot: Final Review

    By Alexander Gaus
    In 2017, GPPi developed a new template to streamline reporting in the humanitarian sector. A subsequent two-year pilot of the template showed that it is an important building block in achieving the Grand Bargain commitment to simplify and harmonize reporting requirements.…
  • Study 24 Apr 2019

    Automation and the Future of Work in Sub-Saharan Africa

    By Alexander Gaus, Wade Hoxtell
    What is driving or inhibiting the automation revolution? How do these factors apply to sub-Saharan Africa? This paper concludes that, while tough times may be coming for some, the impact of automation in the region will mostly be limited.…
  • Project report 26 Jul 2018

    Harmonizing Reporting Pilot: Mid-Term Review

    By Alexander Gaus
    At the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, humanitarian actors committed to the “Grand Bargain,” a sector-wide reform to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action. One of the Grand Bargain’s priorities is to harmonize and simplify reporting requirements to donors so that it…
  • Evaluation report 04 Jul 2018

    Evaluation of WFP Policies on Humanitarian Principles and Access in Humanitarian Contexts

    By Julia Steets, Alexander Gaus, Claudia Meier, Janika Spannagel, Mark Bui, Adele Harmer, Abby Stoddard
    This evaluation report assesses the World Food Programme’s (WFP) policies on humanitarian principles and access, its progress implementing the policies, and the factors affecting the results observed. It is based on a mix of data-gathering tools and methods, including field visits, interviews,…
  • Study 12 Feb 2018

    #AUEU: A Twitter Analysis of the 2017 AU-EU Summit

    By Alexander Gaus, Dario Toman
    This paper presents a Twitter analysis of the African Union-European Union Summit (AU-EU Summit), which took place on November 29 and 30, 2017, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. An analysis of Twitter data offers the opportunity to determine the views of individuals and groups around certain issues.…
  • Commentary 16 Jul 2015

    FFD3 Must Address Domestic Resource Mobilization with Concrete and Actionable Ideas

    By Alexander Gaus
    This blog post was written ahead of the Third International Conference on Financing For Development (FFD3), which took place from July 13 to 16, 2015. With the Addis Ababa conference on Financing for Development in full swing, last minute suggestions on the right priorities are flooding in. However,…
  • Policy brief 28 Feb 2014

    Connecting Security and Development: Towards a Transatlantic Strategy in Fragile States

    By Alexander Gaus, Wade Hoxtell
  • Commentary 04 Feb 2014

    No Surprises in South Sudan, or in the Central African Republic

    By Alexander Gaus, Steffen Eckhard
  • Working paper 15 Jul 2013

    The EU-US Development Dialogue: Past, Present and Future

    By Alexander Gaus, Wade Hoxtell
    The United States and Europe are still the world heavyweights of development assistance. Together, the US, the European Commission and the 27 EU member states provide almost two-thirds of global official development assistance. Despite the much-discussed and growing role of “new donors,” stronger…
  • Working paper 15 Mar 2012

    Food Security: A Mapping of European Approaches

    By Alexander Gaus
    Executive Summary In 2011, the international community had to mount a major relief operation to support millions threatened by hunger and starvation in the Horn of Africa. If nothing is done to increase availability of and access to food on a large scale, the recurring hunger crises felt across many…
  • Commentary 29 Jul 2011

    Against the Grain

    By Alexander Gaus, Julia Steets
    The drought that has been unfolding across the Horn of Africa over the last two years is now showing us its worst face. Due to a perfect storm of poverty, drought, and civil war, more than 10 million people are threatened by malnutrition and starvation, according to the United Nations. Without…
  • Commentary 22 Jun 2011

    The Debating Chamber - Time for Real Leadership for the World’s Hungry

    By Alexander Gaus, Joel Sandhu

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