Search Results - "political violence"

Measuring conflict and political violence using ACLED Data – practical guidelines by Marivoet, Wim, Hema, Aboubacar

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Political violence in the G5 Sahel countries -- Conflict diffusion indicator: Methodology and implementation by Hema, Aboubacar, Marivoet, Wim

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Political violence in the G5 Sahel Countries (2018-2023): An application of ACLED’s conflict index methodology by Marivoet, Wim, Hema, Aboubacar, Nsaibia, Heni

“…The outcome of this temporally and spatially refined conflict profile is projected in several tables, graphs and maps, which indicate: (i) that political violence has intensified over the period considered; (ii) that most of the conflict events were concentrated in the tri state border area of Liptako-Gourma; and (iii) that political violence is far from uniform across its underlying dimensions, suggesting that different strategies might be needed to restore security. …”
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How did households in Chad cope with covariate shocks between 2018 and 2023? Exploration of a unique dataset by Marivoet, Wim, Hema, Aboubacar

“…Further, the biggest change in people’s coping behavior involves keeping children from school when confronted with severe political violence coupled with severe climate change and light seasonal performance shocks – while many distinct combinations apply for different subpopulations. …”
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Child development: vulnerability and resilience by Engle, Patrice L., Castle, Sarah, Menon, Purnima

“…Many of the challenges facing children now are a function of the changing times, including increases in urbanization, political violence, changing family forms, and, in some a cases, decreased supplies of adequate food. …”
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Integrated and enhanced datasets on food security and household coping strategies in the G5 Sahel Countries (2018-2023) by Marivoet, Wim, Hema, Aboubacar

“…Whereas the data integration process involves the harmonization of variables across multiple cross-sectional surveys, the enhancement procedure focuses on adding shock data on multiple dimensions of political violence, food price anomalies, and climate- and weather-related events. …”
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Commentaries on Political Considerations, Nationalism, and Development by Muleya, Benson Kabeta, Ndegwa, Philip

“…While this is true, it also would have been useful to recognize the role of violence and political instability in such countries as Namibia and South Africa and to recognize the underlying reasons why political violence occurs. Prescriptions on how to break the vicious cycle of violence once it has been set in motion would have been welcome.…”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Burkina Faso (2018-2023) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The different covariate shocks added to the dataset relate to five shock domains: Conflict and political violence; Food price anomalies; Long-term climate hazards; Rainy season performance; Extreme weather events. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Niger (2018-2023) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The different covariate shocks added to the dataset relate to five shock domains: -Conflict and political violence; -Food price anomalies; -Long-term climate hazards; -Rainy season performance; -Extreme weather events. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Mali (2018-2023) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The different covariate shocks added to the dataset relate to five shock domains: -Conflict and political violence; -Food price anomalies; -Long-term climate hazards; -Rainy season performance; -Extreme weather events. …”
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Integrated and enhanced dataset on food security and household coping strategies of Chad (2018-2023) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The different covariate shocks added to the dataset relate to five shock domains: -Conflict and political violence; -Food price anomalies; -Long-term climate hazards; -Rainy season performance; -Extreme weather events. …”
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Cooperation among community leaders: The role of women’s leadership and exposure to conflict by Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw, Abay, Kibrom A.

“…We also document nuanced findings that reconcile existing mixed evidence on the implication of exposure to conflict on cooperation: while conflict events that affect the whole community, such as political violence (including battles) are associated with higher cooperation, other types of conflict (e.g., demonstrations and riots) are associated with lower levels of cooperation. …”
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How did households in Mali cope with covariate shocks between 2018 and 2023? Exploration of a unique dataset by Marivoet, Wim, Hema, Aboubacar

“…Among the main findings of this study is the pronounced diversity in shock and coping profiles observed across time and place, which in turn complicates any straightforward identification of common and consistent patterns in household coping behavior. This said, political violence has increased over time; food prices hiked in 2018, 2022 and 2023; rainy seasons were underperforming in 2021 and 2023; extreme weather events reached a peak in 2021; while the Gao region in 2023 suffered from all five shock domains at the same time. …”
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Livestock and deforestation in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s: a policy perspective by Kaimowitz, D.

“…This study analyses seven factors used to explain the conversion of forest to pasture in Central America between 1979 and 1994: 1) favourable markets for livestock products; 2) subsidised credit and road construction; 3) land-tenure policies; 4) limited technological change in livestock production; 5) policies which reduce timber values; 6) reduced levels of political violence; and 7) characteristics specific to cattle which make conversion attractive. …”
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