Lundi, 8 Juin 2024
In recent years, South Asia has been beset with an unprecedented combination of negative shocks. In Sri Lanka, an economic crisis on the heels of COVID-19 pushed approximately 3 million people into poverty. In Pakistan, the devastating 2022 floods...
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Asie, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Inde, Maldives, Népal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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Mercredi, 5 juin 2024
With support from the World Bank and USAID, UNICEF distributed cash to 86,000 families with at least one girl between 12 and 17 years old. Each family received three separate tranches of payment of $120.00 to cover opportunity costs related to education...
Samedi, 15 Janvier 2022
Cash transfers and other humanitarian assistance are providing a lifeline for families facing multiple threats to their health and well-being.
Mardi, 23 Novembre 2021
In the busy streets of Male, the capital of Maldives, Aminath Waheed picks up passengers, blazing a trail as the city’s only female taxi driver. In the hills of Nepal, 30-year-old Madhukala Adhikari works as a mobile mason, helping families rebuild...
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Asie, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Inde, Maldives, Népal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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Vendredi, 10 Septembre 2021
In the deluge of negative headlines, of violence, and political uncertainty it is hard to see where the future will take Afghanistan. With its governance systems broken, fear and uncertainty are the common currency. Depending on how the situation evolves...
Lundi, 22 Frévrier 2021
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For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is rising around the world, as COVID-19 threatens to...
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Afrique, Niger, Ouganda, Zambie, Amérique, Pérou, Asie, Afghanistan
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Vendredi, 6 Novembre 2020
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A pandemic demands concerted efforts to quickly safeguard the world’s populations. But when the complex web...
Dimanche, 16 Août 2020
Mired in a prolonged conflict, facing an uncertain political climate, and beginning a tenuous peace process, Afghanistan was already in a difficult place when COVID-19 struck. Taking early action to preempt the potential consequences of the coronavirus...
Jeudi, 18 juin 2020
Kabul — Afghanistan faces grave challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to undermine the country’s peace process, overwhelm its health care system, and slash economic output 17 percent by 2023, according to a new UNDP assessment...
Mercredi, 29 Janvier 2020
BLOG: A Dartmouth-led study finds that two common economic interventions in Afghanistan designed to improve economic livelihoods and win the "hearts of minds" of civilians was ineffective in reducing support for the Taliban in the long run.Working with...
