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What if the FARC demobilizes?
In September 2012, the Colombian government officially announced ongoing peace talks with the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This gesture was the first of its kind since the failed negotiation process with the same guerrilla group during the … Read More
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: conflict
Resilience and Livelihoods Change in Tigray, Ethiopia
Resilience is the ability of an individual, a household, a community or an institution to withstand a shock or setback of some type and recover, or “bounce back,” after a setback
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: Livelihoods Change Over Time
Response Analysis: What Drives Program Choice?
This research considers “response analysis”: the analytical process by which the objectives and modality of program response options in an emergency are determined. The research question was whether improved analysis drives program response choices in humanitarian food security interventions?
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: food security, livelihoods
Livelihoods, Basic Services and Social Protection in Northern Uganda and Karamoja
This paper synthesizes current evidence on how people are recovering their livelihoods and accessing basic services and social protection interventions in the conflict-affected regions of Uganda’s Greater North. Please visit the Research Programme Consortium page for more information and to … Read More
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: livelihoods
Livelihoods, Basic Services and Social Protection in South Sudan
This paper summarises the existing literature on livelihoods, basic services and social protection in South Sudan; presents a brief analysis of this literature, and lays out potential research questions for the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC). Please visit the Research … Read More
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: livelihoods
Remittances to Transit Countries
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) teamed up with the Feinstein International Center, (FIC) Tufts University to conduct a three year research project on Sudanese refugees and migrants in Cairo and their transnational linkages with other Sudanese both in the Diaspora and in Sudan. Egypt being a country of first asylum for the Sudanese, Cairo was selected to undertake a case study on their transnational linkages.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: migration, refugees, remittances
The Golden Fleece
The Golden Fleece delves into questions that are rarely asked and seldom answered. It examines the impact of manipulation on the effectiveness of humanitarian action. The tension between fundamental humanitarian values – the prioritization of life-saving over all other considerations – and political or economic agendas is not new. Relief work has long been subject to manipulation by governments, warlords, public opinion, disembodied realpolitik, and to the calculations of humanitarians themselves. As Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire notes in his Foreward, “the sacrosanct principles of neutrality and humanitarian space have been used and abused by many in ways which ultimately benefit killers rather than the victims of armed conflict.”
Posted in Books, Publications
Keywords: humanitarian action
Annual Report 2011-2012
This report covers the first year of our new three year strategy with its focus on seven critical areas of research. We now have active research ongoing in 16 countries around the world, with over 25 projects linking research to policy and practice change. In Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Afghanistan, our research has had a direct impact on government and independent aid programming, and globally our work with a number of leading NGOs and more generally in promoting notions of professionalism and evidence-driven aid are having impact.
Posted in Annual Reports, Publications
Moving Up or Moving Out? Commercialization, Growth and Destitution in Pastoralist Areas
By Catley, A. and Aklilu, Y. (2013). Moving Up or Moving Out? Commercialization, Growth and Destitution in Pastoralist Areas. In: Catley, A., Lind, J. and Scoones, I. (eds.), Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins. Routledge, Abingdon and New York
Posted in Book Chapters, Publications
Keywords: pastoralism
Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins
By Catley, A., Lind, J., and Scoones, I. (2013) Development at teh Margins. Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa. In: Catley, A., Lind, J. and Scoones, I. (eds.) Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins Routledge, Abingdon and New York
Posted in Books, Publications, Uncategorized
Keywords: pastoralism