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LES POINTS MARQUANTS Une des régions le plus exposée du monde au changement climatique, le bassin du Niger nécessite des investissements dans le renforcement des capacités d’adaptation pour préserver l'avenir de ses 112 millions d'habitants. Les pays du…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The region is amongst the most vulnerable in the world to climate change, and investments to build adaptive capacity are critical to secure the future of its 112 million inhabitants. Niger Basin countries respond by collaborating…

Executive Summary This mid-term evaluation was conducted during the course of September-October 2015. The evaluation was conducted with a view to identifying successes and challenges, to determining lessons learned and pathways for achieving optimal results within available…

Niger is a landlocked, low-income and food-deficit country, ranking 187th out of 187 countries in the Human Development Index1. Life expectancy at birth is 58 years, and one in ten children will not reach five years…

Conflict and Health 2015, 9:30 doi:10.1186/s13031-015-0056-3 Abstract Background Yobe State has faced severe disruption of its health service as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. A systems dynamics analysis was conducted to identify key pathways of threat…

The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4) is a strategic partnership between Oxfam America (OA) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP). R4 was initiated in 2011 to respond to the challenges faced by food-insecure communities enduring…

13/08/2015 Zarah Ali Abdoulaye, a forty-year-old widow with three daughters and two sons, worked to feed her family and send her children to school during the 2009 drought in Kanem district, Chad. Despite her best efforts, she…

LES POINTS MARQUANTS Un atelier sur la protection sociale, organisé par la Banque mondiale au Mali, a réuni les représentants de services étatiques, de bailleurs de fond et d’organisations internationales. Confrontée à plusieurs crises, la population malienne est…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Representatives of government services, donors, and international organizations convened at a workshop on social protection organized by the World Bank in Mali. Facing instability and food insecurity, large swaths of the Malian population are vulnerable and…

Overview The objectives of the meeting were to agree on coordinated and aligned support to the 3 countries’ national health recovery plans (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone); to identify cross-cutting areas and opportunities for integration; to identify ways…