Climate Disaster Aid Transparency Codebook
The codebook for the CEPSA Aid Transparency dataset investigates the availability and quality of project documentation for a randomly selected set of projects from five major donors and 11 countries…
The Current State of U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation
In this working paper, Stephanie Leutert, the Director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Strauss Center, examines the U.S.-Mexico security relationship. Leutert writes that both countries may emphasize the…
Country Strategy Document Analysis
This brief serves as the detailed follow-up to the CEPSA aid researchers’ first analysis on the national CCA and DRR plans and their implementation in Bangladesh and Nepal. While that study…
Assessing Climate Change Finance in South and South East Asia
CEPSA aid researchers Catherine Weaver, Nisha Krishnan, and Caleb Rudow assess project information available for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to concentrate on five major donors: the World Bank,…
New Migrant Routes, the Same Policy Responses: African Migration to Mexico
Yates, Caitlyn, Dec 2017
Climate Vulnerability in South Asia’s Coastal Cities
CEPSA governance researchers Paula Newberg and Samuel Tabory explore questions about coastal cities in South Asia and their own understandings of their societies, polities, economies and governing capacities in the face…
Migrant Smuggling Along Mexico’s Highway System
This paper addresses how smugglers bypass the train network to move migrants north in buses, trailers, and private vehicles along Mexico’s highway system. By analyzing cases from both before and…
Conflict Trends Report November 2017
This month’s issue includes conflict summaries on Burundi, Tunisia, and Somalia. The report focuses on protests and low-level violence in Ethiopia’s border regions, violence in Kenya around the electoral re-run,…
Conflict Trends Report October 2017
This month’s issue includes conflict summaries on Nigeria and Somalia. The report focuses on expanding militant Islamist activity in and around Burkina Faso, simmering tensions in Egypt’s Sinai province, the…
Conflict Trends Report September 2017
This month’s issue focuses on increasing protests in the aftermath of the elections in Angola, growing uncertainty and frustration as the political stalemate in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues,…