One argument in favor of quotas for women’s representation in political office is that female politicians can break down gender barriers more broadly, inspiring individual women to participate politically.
Climate change and conflicts co-exist in many countries with significant welfare and socio-environmental implications.
International food prices have become increasingly volatile in recent decades, with “global food crises” in 2008, 2011 and most recently in 2022.
Climate change forecasts for Ethiopia predict higher temperature and rainfall and increased variability in rainfall with periodic severe droughts and floods.
Women’s Voice & Agency beyond the household (VABH) has increasingly been recognized as critical to strengthening resilience, increasing women’s access to important resources, improving women’s decision-making power, and facilitating broader so
Ethiopia is currently embroiled in a large-scale civil war that has continued for more than a year.
We assess the impact of conflict exposure on households’ food security in rural areas of Mopti, Mali over the period 2012-17.
A civil conflict broke out in northern Mali in 2012, which is continuing to the present day. Very little is known about its impact on civilians.
The food systems approach can contribute to food security and reduced malnutrition levels by identifying key investments and policies throughout the food system, including production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food.
Nigeria’s rural youth are facing various challenges in agriculture, with limited job opportunities outside the sector.
In the context of the massive influx of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals to Bangladesh, this paper aims to evaluate the potential consequences on the Southern Bangladesh economy.
This paper exploits a unique panel dataset of households in Mopti whose baseline was collected in January 2012, just prior to the outset of the civil war in Mali.
Our paper aims to investigating the impact of conflict on population displacement, agricultural production and agricultural assets, and the mitigating effect of food aid. The paper is structured in the following way.
Surveys of leaders in 45 communities and managers of 449 enterprises, conducted inside and around the camps for Forcibly Displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh indicate substantial economic activity, mainly in the retail trade and services
As climate change makes precipitation shocks more common, policymakers are becoming increasingly interested in protecting food systems and nutrition outcomes from the damaging effects of droughts and floods (Wheeler and von Braun, 2013).
Following poor harvests in the 2015/16 cropping season in Malawi, vulnerability assessments found that nearly 6.7 million people, primarily in the Southern and Central regions, were likely to suffer from food insecurity before the next harvest.
It is widely acknowledged that unmitigated risks provide a disincentive for otherwise optimal investments in modern farm inputs.
Much policy and research attention has focused on the relationship between agriculture and nutrition. We extend this analysis to the context of Nepal’s decade-long civil conflict.
South Sudan faces serious problems of food insecurity due to low per capita levels of domestic food production, periodic droughts, widespread poverty, political unrest, and since late 2013, renewed armed conflict.
Evidence-based research is widely recognized as an essential input...