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Conflict Trends July 2016
This month’s issue focuses on a decrease in overall violence levels in the Central African Republicand a rise in clashes between nomadic herders inthe northwest and settled populations; Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)reform protests that have concentrated in Nairboiand the Nyanza region of Kenya and increasedattacks in Juba in South Sudan. A Special Reportexplores…
Conflict Trends June 2016
The June 2016 edition of ACLED’s Conflict Trend report provides a snapshot of political violence in Africa as well as an in-depth analysis of a stabilization in the conflict environment in Libya, as well as analysis of the increased conflict activity and the threat of the Islamic State in Tunisia. A special report on focuses local violence…
Mapping Food Security Assistance in Malawi
In a Brookings Institutions paper, researchers Kate Weaver, Krista Rasmussen, Justin Baker, and Joshua Powell discuss a new methodology used to improve the analytic power of data on food security. The aid- tracking pilot provides key insights into whether and how donors are shifting away from emergency food relief toward allocating longer-term development resources to…
Beyond Emergency Relief: Tracking Aid for Disaster Risk and Reduction
CEPSA aid researchers Kate Weaver and Nisha Krishnan analyze the patterns in financing for climate-related disaster events, the extent to which projects are climate focused, and the major donors and actors involved. Building on previous efforts to track climate change adaption aid under the CCAPS program, the researchers extend a similar analysis in South and…
A Call for a New Strategic Approach to Fragile States
Ashley Moran and Andrew Albertson, Truman Center, 2016
Climate Security Vulnerability in Asia 1.0
CEPSA climate security vulnerability researchers Josh Busby, Nisha Krishnan, Todd Smith, and Charles Wight present the preliminary findings of the effort to map sub-national climate security vulnerability in 11 countries in South and Southeast Asia. Study countries include six countries in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) and five countries in Southeast…
Conflict Trends May 2016
The May 2016 edition of ACLED’s Conflict Trend report analyzes the Oromia protests in Ethiopia, encroaching violence by Fulani herders in southeastern Nigeria, a decline in overall protest events in April 2016, and concomitant rise in voter registration protests in South Africa. A special report focuses on the intractable political crisis in Burundi, exploring the types and…
Assessing Effectiveness of Governance Aid in Africa
In Research Brief No. 33, Ashley Moran discusses the research design and case matching process for the CCAPS study assessing the impact of democracy aid in difficult contexts. By assessing how democracy aid impacts democratic development in key contexts, the study aims to provide new empirical analysis to support the design of democracy aid programs.
Widening the Scope to Asia: Climate Change and Security
CEPSA climate vulnerability researchers Joshua Busby and Nisha Krishnan discuss current challenges in addressing climate-security vulnerabilities in Asia as part of their chapter in a new report by the Center for Climate and Security titled The U.S. Asia-Pacific Rebalance, National Security, and Climate Change.
Climate Security and East Africa: A GIS-Based Analysis of Vulnerability
Climate Change and Pastoralism: Traditional Coping Mechanisms and Conflict in the Horn of Africa, published by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies and the University for Peace, includes a chapter by CCAPS researchers on applying a continent-wide model of climate security vulnerability to East Africa and identifying the hot spots of concern. Read the full…