Reports

Authors: Katy Richardson, Roger Calow, Florence Pichon, Stacey New, and Rebecca Osborne Executive summary This report highlights the headline risks to consider in climate resilient development planning for the East Africa region. Key climate-related risks for East Africa…

Karen Hargrave (October 2021) Executive summary Current trends, history and policy context Ethiopia hosted an estimated 1.1 million refugees and other migrants in 2020, representing 0.9% of the overall population. Refugees and asylum-seekers made up over two-thirds of all…

By Mairi Dupar, Emma Lovell, Vidya Diwakar, Olivia Walmsley, Camille Balcou, Beza Tesfaye, Vaidehi Krishnan This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to pursue climate-resilient…

This paper presents a synthesis of existing evidence on gender equality, social inclusion and resilience in Malawi, including persisting issues, trends and changes; knowledge and evidence gaps; and policy implementation and capacity gaps. It aims to identify…

Key Findings Costs of extreme weather events (droughts and floods) in Malawi are rising and undermine development gains. Climate change means that the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events will continue into the future, with negative economic…

This report provides an overview of findings from a set of regional studies on the policy and operational context in which reforms to Ethiopia’s refugee operation are taking place, with particular attention to service delivery systems…

Research reports and studies May 2019 Emma Lovell, John Twigg and Getrude Lung'ahi Intersectional approaches recognise that ‘people have different identities, needs, priorities and capacities which are not static, and will shift and change over time – affecting their…

Research reports and studies March 2019 Vidya Diwakar, Emma Lovell, Sarah Opitz-Stapleton, Andrew Shepherd and John Twigg This study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores…

John Twigg and Margherita Calderone Resilience-building and livelihood approaches in fragile and volatile environments need adaptive management and flexible programming. Innovation, experimental learning, projects tailored to fit local contexts and a readiness to pilot new ideas and…

As part of HelpAge International’s project on advancing the rights and protection of conflict-affected older South Sudanese migrants in Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan, HelpAge commissioned the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) to conduct a study on…