New research on how rural youth experience political violence, conducted by Ghassan Baliki (Senior Researcher at ISDC), Tilman Brück (Director at ISDC), Neil Ferguson (Senior Researcher at ISDC) and Wolfgang Stojetz (Senior Researcher at ISDC) has been highlighted in the 2019 edition of IFAD’s Rural Development Report, “Creating Opportunities for Rural Youth”. The research shows that rural youth are disproportionately affected by conflict, with at least 350 million, per year, living in countries that are affected by conflict. In turn, already constrained rural young people are more likely to face adversities associated with conflict than other groups. In particular, education accumulation, transition to employment and career development are likely to be further harmed. The background paper can be found here.