Macro-level conflict analysis: Addressing the uptake-and-use challenge in fragile and conflict-affected context

It is widely acknowledged that context matters and should be well-understood for effective humanitarian and development policy, strategy and practice. Over the years, a lot has been done to improve the way conflict analysis is conducted. Despite this progress, uptake and use of conflict analysis still remains a challenge.

This report aims to contribute towards improving uptake and use of macro-level conflict analysis, especially in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. It is intended for organisations, agencies and institutions that generate and use macro-level conflict analysis to shape policy, strategy and operations. It is based on the experiences of 44 key informants purposefully selected from 31 organisations (NGOs, UN and donor agencies, government institutions and think tanks) operating in Somalia, South Sudan and Kenya. Only one third of the key informants were from World Vision. The study was not designed to determine the degree to which uptake and use were realised; but rather to understand the factors that facilitate and hinder these processes in order to develop suitable recommendations for advancing uptake and use.