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Expert briefing
Publication date: 19 August 2021

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. The disaster comes amid political turmoil, following the assassination of President Jovenel…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 February 2017

The ceremony marked a return to democratic order for Haiti after a prolonged electoral cycle and a year without a president. However, Moise will face a myriad of challenges…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 May 2016

The role of 'mega-foundations' in aid programmes to developing countries.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 March 2017

US development policy.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 August 2017

This falls just short of a 'famine' warning -- which would require 20% of households to face catastrophe levels, as well as heightened malnutrition and mortality rates. The UN has…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 28 March 2017

Sparsely populated and usually peripheral to the surrounding countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria), the Lake Chad area has been affected by the spillover of the Boko Haram…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB219891

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 September 2020

Domestic policies and international aid designed to counter the economic impacts will have only limited reach into informal economies, despite their key role in continental…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256278

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 December 2021

The Taliban government has allowed UN agencies to start paying salaries directly to teachers and healthcare workers. It initially stalled on this, but has now conceded for fear of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 April 2018

Evaluation of women's empowerment programmes.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231916

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 February 2015

Reconstruction five years after the January 2010 earthquake.

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