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How Insider Mediators are Building Resilient Communities in Yemen Communities
HOW INSIDER MEDIATORS ARE BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN “THE WORLD’S WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS” In Yemen, nearly 24 million people are in need of humanitarian support or urgent protection. Years of violent conflict have taken a dire toll, with thousands of civilian casualties,...
Reimagining American Democracy: Discussion Series (2021)
A discussion series for all who believe in the future and promise of American democracy. Join Freedom House, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the George W. Bush Institute, and Issue One for 360° conversations that are forward-thinking and dedicated to one of the...
Nations in Transit: The Antidemocratic Turn (2021)
Attacks on democratic institutions are spreading faster than ever in Europe and Eurasia, and coalescing into a challenge to democracy itself. Incumbent leaders and ruling parties are corrupting governance and spreading antidemocratic practices across the region that stretches from Central Europe to...
Citizen-led data journalism from Brazil’s favelas fills historical information gap (2021)
Outside the hustle and bustle of Brazil’s tourist hotspot, Rio de Janeiro, over 130 000 people call the sprawling Maré favela of Rio home. Favelas are considered to be the slums or low-income informal areas of Brazil. They have been historically neglected by the government, leaving...
The facts: How climate change affects people living in poverty (2021)
Around the world, people are experiencing both the subtle and stark effects of climate change. Gradually shifting weather patterns, rising sea levels and more extreme weather events are devastating evidence of both a rapidly changing climate and an urgent need for solutions....
Building climate resilience one harvest at a time (2021)
Farmers in the far west region of Nepal had been grappling with how to deal with the impact of climate change, natural disasters, and maintaining their livelihoods. Year after year, water rose from nearby rivers and wiped out crops and livestock, forcing...
Making adaptive management work (2020)
Overview “Adaptive management” has become a catchphrase that encapsulates a diverse range of concepts, processes and goals. At its heart is the simple exhortation to adjust a project’s strategy to maximize the realization of results given the dynamism of most operating environments....
Adaptive management: A practical guide to mitigating uncertainty and advancing evidence-based programming (2020)
Overview Pact’s Adaptive Management Guide provides practical guidance to development practitioners globally on the mindsets, behaviors, resources, and processes that underpin an effective adaptive management system. It presents an approach to managing adaptively that is rooted in complexity analysis and program theory....
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