Tag: vulnerability

In protracted crises where there are weak or nonexistent formal governance structures, people depend heavily on local systems—both social and economic—to get by. Communities themselves are often the first responders …

This rapid evidence review provides an assessment of negative and positive coping mechanisms of different groups (based on wealth (below the poverty line/elites), gender, age, (dis)abilities, geographies (rural/urban), and ethnicity …

This paper looks at effects of climate change on vulnerable countries in Africa. The authors note that countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guinea, Sierra Leone, …

This report provides insights into displacement and urbanisation in Yei in South Sudan.

This study on Jonglei has sought to bring clarity on how people living in areas affected by natural disaster and armed conflict understand ‘protection’ – what do people value, and …

This paper is an attempt to gain a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of vulnerability during protracted civil war. It shows that during civil war the non-poor are not …

This study from 1999 attempts to identify empirically, types of participation by beneficiaries of food aid and their communities over a geographically and socially limited area. (i.e. Southern Sudan). This …

The research on which this report is based began with the assumption that there was a gap in the knowledge that relief agencies had. The report tries to bridge that …