Social rights and economics: claims to health care and education in developing countries. What are the foundations and uses of social rights in development? What are the differences and similarities between the rights approach to health care and education, and the economic approach? This article analyses both approaches and their policy consequences, and looks at the questions economics poses for rights approaches. more...

Economic exclusion and discrimination: the experience of minorities and indigenous peoples. What is the link between economic exclusion and discrimination against ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples? What are the implications for poverty reduction and development strategies? more...

Sustainable livelihoods, rights and the new architecture of aid. Are the principles and practices of other sustainable development approaches, namely sustainable livelihoods (SL) and rights based (RB) approaches consistent with this new architecture of aid? more...

Welcome to the GSDRC! We are pleased to announce that we are now officially the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, with a new mandate that extends to serving information needs in governance, conflict, and social development. Further information on site developments will be posted on here shortly.

Violent conflict and governance: the reconstruction of states affected by conflict. This page provides information on reconstruction efforts in the areas of political systems, public financial management, service delivery and the justice sector in states affected by conflict. It also examinesthe role of te private sector in reconstruction and donor experiences in conflict -affected contexts. more...

Security and development. The inter-relationship between security and development has grown in profile from the early 1990's onwards as donors have realised that it is impractical to consider development without taking security and conflict issues into account. This topic guide examines issues such as intervention, sovereignty, peacekeeping and human right in relation to security. more...