Executive summary Climate change adaptation and mitigation (CCAM) entails many challenges. Addressing these challenges requires transformational changes for which innovative solutions should be...
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Guidance Note on Using the Probabilistic Country Risk Profiles for Disaster Risk Management
In 2018, as part of the “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities” programme, UNDRR, with the help of CIMA Research Foundation, VU...
Tanzania Country Climate Risk Profile Series: Iringa District
Highlights Agriculture plays an important role in the economy of Iringa District. The sector employs about 73% of economically active people and generates nearly 99% of the GDP of rural Iringa. More...
Reaching resilience: Handbook resilience 2.0 for aid practitioners and policymakers in Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction
This handbook is designed to encourage thinking and provide insights and ideas about how to design well-integrated, step-by-step actions and strategies to foster resilience at the local level. The...
Detailed soil information for Africa now available
Zoom in on an African village, and see whether the soil is clayey or sandy, or how much nutrients or organic carbon it contains. This is now possible since ISRIC and partners have launched detailed...
Examining women in enterprise development in Afghanistan - Barriers and solutions
Research Brief #6 March 2013 This research brief examines gender dynamics in women’s enterprise development in the fragile and traditional context of Afghanistan. It discusses the dual realities of...
Fond de commerce?: Sexual violence assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Executive summary This report explores the unintended side-effects of sexual violence assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While the high prevalence of sexual violence in Congo and the...
Fond de commerce? : Assistance aux victimes de violences sexuelles en République Démocratique du Congo
Résumé Ce rapport étudie les effets indésirables de l’assistance aux victimes de violences sexuelles en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Alors que la prévalence élevée de la violence sexuelle...
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Gender and humanitarian aid - a literature review of policy and practice
This report gives an overview of the existing literature and debates on gender and humanitarian aid. Although there seems to be abundant written material on for instance gender and conflict, the...