Home garden interventions in crisis and emergency settings
Homes gardens are a key source of food security and micronutrient-rich fruits and vegetables and are…
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Welfare Effects of Smallholder Export Participation: Evidence from Panel Data in Kyrgyzstan
The involvement of small-scale farmers in markets is crucial to alleviate poverty in low- and middle-income…
Exposure to collective gender-based violence causes intimate partner violence
Globally, one in three women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) over their lifetimes. Yet, the factors…
Coping with Compounding Challenges in Conflict Crises: Evidence from North-east Nigeria
This paper analyzes how the intersectionality of gender, forced displacement, and collective violence shapes coping behaviors…
How to conduct impact evaluations in humanitarian and conflict settings
Methodological, ethical and practical challenges make it difficult to use experimental and rigorous quasi-experimental approaches to…
Conducting (Long-term) Impact Evaluations in Humanitarian and Conflict Settings: Evidence from a complex agricultural intervention in Syria
The number of vulnerable people in humanitarian emergencies worldwide is increasing due to the rising frequency…
State-Based Conflict and Entrepreneurship – Empirical Evidence
This paper investigates the relationship between state-based conflict and entrepreneurship. From a survey of the existing…
Mental Health in the West Bank and Gaza
More than half of the adult population in the West Bank and Gaza screen positive for…
Monitoring and Impact Analysis of the EU-Funded Smallholder Support Programme (SSP) for Agriculture Transformation
FAO Syria is implementing the “Smallholder Support Programme” (SSP). The main objective of this programme is…
On the behavioral impacts of violence: Evidence from incentivized games in Kenya
Political violence is a major impediment to economic development, damaging social, physical and human capital. By…
Violent conflict moderates food security impacts of agricultural asset transfers in Syria: A heterogeneity analysis using machine learning
Agricultural interventions are one of the key policy tools to strengthen the food security of households…
The Life with Corona Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis affecting everyone. Yet, its challenges and countermeasures vary significantly…
Building Stability Between Host and Refugee Communities: Evidence from a TVET Program in Jordan and Lebanon
In fragile and conflict-affected places, it can be difficult to successfully build or improve livelihoods through…
Ethnic inequality and forced displacement
How does ethnic inequality shape victimization in violent conflicts? Our case study of the 2010 conflict…
Weather shocks across seasons and child health: Evidence from a panel study in the Kyrgyz Republic
It has been shown consistently in the literature that early life exposure to extreme weather events…
Micro-Foundations of Fragility: Concepts, Measurement and Application
Definitions of fragility are focused at the level of the state, but this should not be…
The Economic Burden of Violent Conflict
Calculating the consequences of global public bads such as climate change or pandemics helps uncover the…
Evaluation of UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation
Displacement trends show that developing countries host most of the world’s refugees and are dealing with…
Data Options for Assessing Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement : A Background Note
Forced displacement has profound impacts on lives and livelihoods, which creates enormous demands on government and…
Syria: Do complex agricultural interventions strengthen food security? (Evidence brief)
Agricultural interventions in crises and conflict settings have a notable and significant impact in improving the…
Supporting Emergency Needs, Early Recovery and Longer-term Resilience in Syria’s Agriculture Sector (Endline Report 2021)
Endline Report of the Impact Assessment of the FCDO- funded FAO Programme in Syria The “Supporting…