BOMA a U.S. nonprofit and Kenyan non-governmental organization (NGO) with a proven track record, measurable results, and a transformative approach to alleviating poverty and building economic resilience in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs or drylands...
This report brings together evidence, experience and ideas from a year-long project on “When disasters and conflict collide: uncovering the truth”. Through extensive literature reviews and case study work, the project has interrogated the connections...
Institutions and agencies involved: Germany - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany - Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), ODI
In Western Africa, there is growing commitment from governments to develop their social protection systems as a key strategy to tackle the challenges of poverty and vulnerability, in a risk-prone context. While many countries in the region still struggle...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, World Food Programme, WFP
The Sahel and West Africa is one of the world’s poorest, least developed and most food insecure regions, with the fastest growing population. On average, an estimated 20 million people face food insecurity every year during the lean season. Malnutrition...
Institutions and agencies involved: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
This paper attempts to analyse the efficiency and effectiveness of the various social protection delivery mechanisms with reference to climate resilience, and also examines the sufficiency of social protection finance in meeting climate resilience and...
Institutions and agencies involved: International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED
The concept of adaptive social protection has evolved over the past two decades, and examples of practice point to significant potential for accelerating the interconnection between social protection mechanisms and climate-smart practices and adaption...
Institutions and agencies involved: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, CGIAR
The Sahel region of Africa faces multiple crises, which further compound structural economic and human development challenges. The Sahel is one of the world’s poorest regions and displays some of the lowest levels of human capital globally. Violence and...
Institutions and agencies involved: World Bank Group Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) today pledged to increase support for regional efforts addressing the critical...
Publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD
The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) is among the world’s biggest, located in the Sahel region of Africa (Abubakar, n.d.). It also has one of the largest sedimentary closed groundwater basins in the whole of the African continent. With its vast pasture of...
During the current COVID-19 crisis, the Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) 1 is pleased to announce the launch of a four-part webinar learning series focused on sharing country experiences on moving economic inclusion programs to scale. The first...
Organiser: World Bank Group Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice, Partnership for Economic Inclusion, PEI, Social Protection for Employment Community, SPEC