Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 06/2011

Measuring peacebuilding: challenges, tools, actions

Svein Erik Stave

May 2011

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

Abstract

How can the effectiveness of peacebuilding operations in countries marked by conflict be better measured? This policy brief examines the steps needed to improve the measurement of peacebuilding work, highlights the technical and political problems this work faces, and makes recommendations for action by organisations in the field.