GSDRC

When Disasters and Conflicts Collide: Improving Links Between Disaster Resilience and Conflict Prevention

Author: Katie Harris, David Keen and Tom Mitchell (2013)
Size: 68 pages (9.4 MB)

This report finds that the evidence base for the 'natural' disasters-conflict interface is fragmented and contested. This suggests that the complexity of conflict and disaster dynamics can only be understood when grounded in specific contexts. Examples are therefore provided of disaster risk reduction in Afghanistan, resilience building in the Sahel region, community based risk reduction in Karamoja and national risk reduction in Nepal. Among the report's conclusions are that disaster risk management and peacebuilding and statebuilding frameworks should be integrated more systematically.

What Inequality Means for Children: Evidence from Young Lives

Author: Martin Woodhead, Paul Dornan and Helen Murray (2013)
Size: 68 pages (1.8 MB)

This paper draws together research from across the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty to answer questions about how inequality shapes children’s development. Overall, it finds clear evidence that children from the poorest households are most vulnerable and quickly fall behind their peers, in terms of equality of opportunity as well as outcomes. It argues that since inequalities are multidimensional, so too must be the response: equitable growth policies, education and health services, underpinned by effective social protection, all have a role to play.