By Vagisha Gunasekara Executive Summary This synthesis paper is a product of a long-term research commitment to generate a body of evidence on the changing nature of people’s livelihoods in conflict...
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Afghanistan + 4 more
By Vagisha Gunasekara Executive Summary This synthesis paper is a product of a long-term research commitment to generate a body of evidence on the changing nature of people’s livelihoods in conflict...
Written by Suleiman Amanela, Tracy Flora Ayee, Stephanie Buell, Alice Escande, Tony Quinlan, Anouk S. Rigterink, Mareike Schomerus, Samuel Sharp, Sarah Swanson Executive Summary The violent conflict...
Full summary This working paper examines the role of local institutions during and after conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in order to inform and ensure the success of future relief and...
Full summary: Most people survive conflict and crisis not through international interventions but by relying on their own efforts, adaptations, networks and systems. By the same token, some of the...
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Helping economies recover in the aftermath of war is a top policy priority for international donors and aid agencies, motivated by perceptions that persisting economic grievances are capable of...
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State-building has provided the framework for international engagement in countries affected by conflict for at least the past decade. Service delivery is considered one of the few viable ‘entry...
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Every year a quarter of all international aid – approximately US$15 billion – is spent on capacity development. However, despite the continued dominance of capacity development, results are...
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Livelihoods are fundamentally about what people do to meet their needs over time, including how they cope with and recover from shocks. Understanding how people do this is a central part of the work...
1 Introduction and research questions South Sudan emerged from nearly half a century of conflict in 2005 and became an independent state in 2011. Much of the first part of the armed struggle against...
Key messages ■ Livelihoods were in a precarious state in South Sudan even before the outbreak of the current armed conflict in December 2013. The assumption was that conflict had been the factor...
Working Paper 52 Babar Shahbaz, Abid Suleri, Mohsin Ali and Huma Khan With input from Georgina Sturge, Richard Mallett and Jessica Hagen-Zanker January 2017 Full summary: This report is based on two...
Author(s): Abid Suleri, Babar Shahbaz and Qasim Shah Type: Working Paper Full summary: Pakistan’s Swat valley is the centre of fruit and vegetable production in Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa province. Between...
Author(s): Richard Mallett and Lisa Denney Full summary: This briefing paper demonstrates how childcare is influenced by a range of household actors in Sierra Leone, and sets out what efforts to...
Full summary: This report looks at the challenges faced in preventing malnutrition in Sierra Leone from a localised perspective and find that: Promoting good child nutrition must go beyond...
Author(s): Paul Binns, Ernest Guevarra, Mohamed Jalloh and Melrose Tucker Working Paper 19 Full summary: Drawing on a semi-quantitative evaluation of access and coverage (SQUEAC) approach, this...
Bishnu Raj Upreti, Pravat Uprety, Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Sony KC and Richard Mallett Type: Working Paper Country: Nepal Date: 03/06/2014 Full summary In 2012, SLRC implemented the first round of an...
Author(s): Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak, Jimmy Hilton Opio, Rachel Gordon and Teddy Atim Type: Briefing Paper Organisation: Feinstein International Center Country: Uganda Date: 23/05/2014 Full...
Author(s): Dyan Mazurana, Anastasia Marshak, Jimmy Hilton Opio, Rachel Gordon and Teddy Atim Type: Briefing Paper Organisation: Feinstein International Center Country: Uganda Date: 23/05/2014 Full...
Lisa Denney, Mohammad Jalloh, Richard Mallett, Samuel Pratt and Melrose Tucker Report 1 February 2014 Full summary: Malnutrition remains a serious problem in Sierra Leone, with the country ranked...