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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...