This working paper outlines the aims, process, and outcomes of an evidence review, conducted over five months, from April to August 2022, to map the evidence landscape and identify key gaps across...
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This working paper outlines the aims, process, and outcomes of an evidence review, conducted over five months, from April to August 2022, to map the evidence landscape and identify key gaps across...
This review sets out to (i) identify and synthesise the evidence base of education programmes in conflict-affected areas of Nigeria in order to generate a rigorous understanding of the circumstances...
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Access to high-quality and continuous education is a fundamental right for all children, including those affected by conflict and protracted crises. Yet despite ongoing efforts, significant barriers...
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Introduction NYU Global TIES for Children (NYU-TIES), has been working with partners since 2019 to pilot multiple data collection tools being considered for use in several large-scale research...
The complex crises in our world—from rising instability linked to pandemic effects and climate change, to ongoing challenges of civil war, urban violence, violent extremism—require complex analysis...
I. Background In today’s increasingly globalized economy, in which multinational companies outsource manufacturing, agricultural production, and the extraction of natural resources, human and labor...
Center on International Cooperation Groupe d’étude sur le Congo Octobre 2021 Résumé Rougeole, choléra, Ebola… La République démocratique du Congo fait déjà face à de multiples épidémies lorsqu’elle...
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By Felicia Vacarelu, Communications Specialist, UN Global Pulse. Study by Katherine Hoffmann Pham and Miguel Luengo-Oroz Ships are an important means of transportation for both people and goods,...
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After several years at a crossroads, United Nations peace operations took a definitive turn in 2019, shifting away from large, multidimensional, "conflict management" operations toward models that...
Summary and recommendations As the world faces a significant upward trend in conflict—including a tripling of civil wars since 2007 and conflict increasingly prevalent in middle-income...
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By Paige Arthur and Céline Monnier The United Nations acknowledges that prevention is first and foremost a national priority. Indeed, governments routinely undertake efforts to reduce the risks of...
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2019 Contact: James Devitt 212.998.6808 james.devitt@nyu.edu JUSTICE SYSTEMS FAIL TO HELP 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE RESOLVE THEIR JUSTICE PROBLEMS, NEW GLOBAL REPORT FINDS ...
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Amanda Lucey and Liezelle Kumalo Liberia and South Sudan represent important case studies for what sustaining peace means in practice. They provide an opportunity to interrogate how the United...
Executive Summary Since August 2016, the Kasaï region has seen one of the most dramatic escalations of violence in Congolese history. A localized struggle over customary power quickly spread across...
Background The importance to sustaining peace of peace operations’ drawdown or “transition” periods is recognized in the twin peacebuilding and sustaining peace resolutions (A/RES/70/262,...
Given the AU’s understanding of the need for localised solutions, its facilitator role should be maximised. BY LIEZELLE KUMALO AND AMANDA LUCEY The African Union is mandated to help South Sudan to...
Amanda Lucey and Liezelle KumaloThe implementation of South Sudan’s latest peace agreement appears to be at a standstill. Insecurity, food shortages and the breakdown in governance have forced more...
Building data responsibility into humanitarian action is the first UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs think brief to explore what constitutes the responsible use of data in...
A number of European countries are considering playing a greater military role in UN peacekeeping. However, they have many concerns about the UN's systems for managing missions, which differ markedly...
by Alex Evans Executive Summary Ethiopia’s resource scarcity context presents a daunting challenge, but also a significant opportunity. The country’s current scarcity context includes: • Low...