Nepal: In-season Wheat Yield Forecast in Nepal (Winter 2015/2016) using CRAFT...
Source: Government of Nepal, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers, World Food ProgrammeCountry: NepalWe are pleased to share the report,In-season Wheat Yield Forecast in Nepal...
View ArticleWorld: Atrocity Prevention through Dialogue
Source: US Institute of PeaceCountry: WorldChallenges in Dealing with Violent Extremist OrganizationsDialogue with violent extremist groups is a controversial practice, even when used to prevent...
View ArticleWorld: The 2016 World Humanitarian Summit Report Card: Both Failing Marks and...
Source: Public Library of ScienceCountry: WorldAuthorsDeon V. Canyon Frederick M. Burkle Jr. AbstractOutcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit were mixed with some refreshing new directions being...
View ArticleWorld: Positive Peace Report 2016
Source: Institute for Economics and PeaceCountry: World‘Positive Peace 2016’ presents a compilation of IEP’s most advanced research to-date. The report investigates the eight domains of Positive Peace,...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Forced Population Transfer: The Case of the...
Source: BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee RightsCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryBADIL announces the release of the Forced Population Transfer: The Case of the Old City...
View ArticleWorld: The impact of protracted crises on attitudes and aspirations, August 2016
Source: Governance and Social Development Resource CentreCountry: Rwanda, South Africa, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen, ZambiaQuestionDescribe the evidence on the impact of protracted crises on...
View ArticleNiger: Mouvements Transhumants de Campagne Agro-Pastorale 2015-2016
Source: Action Contre la FaimCountry: NigerIntroductionEn collaboration avec la Direction du Développement Pastoral (DDP) du Niger, la mission ACF Niger sous l’égide du projet Surveillance Pastoral...
View ArticleIraq: Iraq: Populations at Risk - Current Crisis (15 August 2016)
Source: Global Centre for the Responsibility to ProtectCountry: IraqBACKGROUND: The security situation in Iraq remains dire as a result of ongoing attacks by ISIL, who have declared a caliphate...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Syria: Populations at Risk - Current Crisis (15 August...
Source: Global Centre for the Responsibility to ProtectCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicBACKGROUND: Violence has increased in Syria since mid-April, when the government launched an offensive to retake...
View ArticleHonduras: Americas: “We are defending the land with our blood: defenders of...
Source: Amnesty InternationalCountry: Guatemala, HondurasDefenders of the land, territory and environment in Honduras and GuatemalaThis Amnesty International report examines the situation faced by...
View ArticleWorld: Cluster Munition Monitor 2016
Source: Cluster Munition CoalitionCountry: WorldMore nations support ban on cluster munitions, but civilians continue to suffer(Geneva, 1 September 2016) – More states have joined the international...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: The Gendering of Genocide: ISIS’s Crimes Against the...
Source: Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian ActionCountry: Syrian Arab RepublicISIS is committing genocide and other international crimes against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, as...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Human Development Report 2015
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: South SudanReligious Leaders Gather to Discuss Human Development in South Sudan31 August 2016, JUBA — The Bureau of Religious Affairs and UNDP hosted a workshop...
View ArticleMyanmar: Mixed Movements Update for South-East Asia: January - June 2016
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, ThailandMaritime MovementsIn the first half of 2016, mixed maritime movements of...
View ArticleWorld: Solving commitment problems in disaster risk finance
Source: World BankCountry: WorldThis article analyses how transferring risk to third-parties such as private insurers may help resolve commitment problems. A simple model of disaster risk finance is...
View ArticleHonduras: Honduras Still a Death Trap for Environmental Activists Six Months...
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Guatemala, HondurasBy Erika Guevara-Rosas LONDON, Sep 1 2016 (IPS) - Chills ran down Tomás Gómez Membreño’s spine when he first heard about the brutal murder of his...
View ArticleWorld: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 2 September 2016, vol. 91, 35...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Bangladesh, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Sri Lanka,...
View ArticleWorld: The Challenge of Climate Disasters - From delivering aid to ending need
Source: World VisionCountry: Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland,...
View ArticleWorld: Children and unsafe migration in Europe: Data and policy,...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, WorldGermany - With an...
View ArticleWorld: Evaluating Sovereign Disaster Risk Finance Strategies: A Framework
Source: World BankCountry: WorldThis paper proposes a framework for ex ante evaluation of sovereign disaster risk finance instruments available to governments for funding disaster losses. The framework...
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