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Institutions, informality, and conflict in the Sahel: The case for Mali

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Nancy Benjamin ABSTRACT The Sahel is a place of longstanding traditions currently coping with global networks of violent militias. Consequently, there is a surge in the value of...
Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala

Sarah Bermeo, David Leblang, and Gabriela Nagle Alverio Annual apprehensions of people from Guatemala arriving in family units at the U.S. southern border grew exponentially between 2012 and...
Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Belinda Archibong, Tom Moerenhout, and Evans Osabuohien ABSTRACT Can citizen-led protests lead to meaningful economic redistribution and nudge governments to increase redistributive efforts of fiscal...
Yemen: Peace at last?

Bruce Riedel he United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Yemen appears to be holding, pausing for now seven years of war. The truce reflects the balance of power on the ground: The Zaydi Shia Houthi...
Yemen war turns seven
Bruce Riedel As the world has focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rightly, the war in Yemen is entering its eighth year. Saudi Arabia has completely failed in its campaign to defeat the Zaydi...
Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2022

REPORT OVERVIEW With this and every iteration of Foresight Africa, we aim to capture the top priorities for the region in the coming year, offering recommendations for African and global stakeholders...
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Making progress on gender equality: It’s time for more transparency
By George Ingram and Sally Paxton At a launch event on July 8 for the report, “Making gender financing more transparent”, prominent stakeholders, including key donors for gender equality and the...
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Integración de los venezolanos en el mercado laboral colombiano: Mitigando costos y maximizando beneficios

Dany Bahar Meagan Dooley Cindy Huang Introducción Antes de dejar el cargo en agosto de 2018, el Presidente Colombiano saliente Juan Manuel Santos decretó que 442,462 venezolanos indocumentados que...
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Integrating Venezuelans into the Colombian labor market: Mitigating costs and maximizing benefits

Dany Bahar Meagan Dooley Cindy Huang Introduction Before leaving office in August 2018, outgoing Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos decreed that 442,462 undocumented Venezuelans living in...
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La crisis de refugiados en Venezuela pronto será la más grande y con menos fondos en la historia moderna

Dany Bahar y Meagan Dooley Lunes, 9 de diciembre, 2019 La crisis de refugiados venezolanos está a punto de superar la escala de la crisis siria. Para finales del 2019, 4 años después del comienzo de...
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Venezuela refugee crisis to become the largest and most underfunded in modern history

Dany Bahar and Meagan Dooley Monday, December 9, 2019 The Venezuelan refugee crisis is just about to surpass the scale of the Syrian crisis. As 2019 comes to a close, four years since the start of...
Girls’ education in climate strategies: Opportunities for improved policy and enhanced action in Nationally Determined Contributions

Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, Joni Pegram Overview Climate change is the most significant intergenerational equity issue of our time. Children and future generations are bearing, and...
The climate crisis, migration, and refugees

Editor's Note: The following is one of eight briefs commissioned for the 16th annual Brookings Blum Roundtable, “2020 and beyond: Maintaining the bipartisan narrative on US global development.” On...
When refugee displacement drags on, is self-reliance the answer?
Elizabeth Ferris Tuesday, June 19, 2018 When most people think of today’s global refugee crisis, they probably imagine masses of people trying to cross into a neighboring country or hundreds of tents...
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A Framework for Building Resilience to Climate Change through Girls’ Education Programming

Overview Girls’ education and climate change are currently two of the most topical global issues in the development arena. Due to a myriad of limiting factors, more girls around the world are falling...
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How teachers use mobile phones as education tools in refugee camps
In a simulation presented by Doctors Without Borders, participants had to choose the few items they would take with them if forced to flee. They faced a wall of plastic cards with pictures on them:...
Internet shutdowns cost countries $2.4 billion last year

Darrell M. West 6 October 2016 More For media inquries, contact: Governance Studies Main Line 202.797.6090 Around the world, digital technology is seen as vital for economic development. In the U.S...
Aid Effectiveness in Fragile States: How Bad Is It and How Can It Improve?

Abstract Fragile states around the world are at risk of being left behind, making them a high priority for increased foreign assistance. But is the donor community capable of delivering that aid...
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How to manage the human consequences of Syria’s chaos
By: Elizabeth Ferris and Kemal Kirişci Half of Syria’s population is now either an internally displaced person (IDP) or a refugee. The international community is still struggling to respond to this...