Households in Conflict Network

Armed conflict exposure and violent discipline of children at home: Panel evidence from Ethiopia

Workineh Ayenew, Andreas Kotsadam, Charlotte Ringdal, Espen Villanger

Armed conflict has far-reaching effects on household well-being, including increased risk of violence. We examine whether changes in local armed conflict exposure are associated with […]

A nation on the edge: Nigerians’ views on kidnapping

Daniel Tuki

Although much research has examined armed banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria, they focus primarily on the causes of these forms of insecurity and often rely […]

Unraveling Food Security, Drought and Conflict Exposure of Somali Households

Astrid Sneyers

This paper aims at disentangling the mutual link between conflict, drought and food security in Somalia. The analysis is conducted using various indicators for food […]

Horticulture Helps: How Home Garden Interventions Alleviate Food Insecurity in Polycrises

Dorothee Weiffen, Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Mariami Marsagishvili

Natural disasters, violent conflict and other adverse shocks severely disrupt food systems, causing or exacerbating food insecurity among many communities worldwide. This study examines the […]

Jobs and livelihoods programming for economic and social stability in fragile places: Evidence from Tunisia and Somalia

Neil Ferguson, Tatiana Orozco García

An increasing proportion of the world’s poor live in fragile states, and efforts to build economic and social stability increasingly focus on those settings. Fragility […]

Effect of exposure to conflicts and childhood mortality: Analyses of pooled cross-sectional data from 105 surveys from 52 countries

Srinivas Goli, Nandeen Bhattacharyya, Shalem Balla, Harchand Ram

This study analyses the adverse impact of different types of conflicts on child mortality and its mechanisms across a large group of countries. Our analysis […]