Policy Papers

Burundi has alarming levels of food insecurity for a country dependent on agriculture: 72 per cent of the population do not have reliable access to enough food.

Climate change is predicted to have severe consequences for South Asia, particularly in agriculture, which employs more than 60 per cent of the region’s labor force.

This report by the Sahel Working Group discusses the chronic food and nutrition crisis across countries in the Sahel.

In response to the Arab Spring the EU has promised to shift away from business as usual to ensure that support for human rights and democracy are central to its cooperation policy with the

This study aims to provide an evidence basis for the provision of budget support in fragile states.

The study sits at the intersection of three main sets of issues:

Farmers in Southern Africa are experiencing changes to their climate that are different in magnitude to what they have experienced in the past.

At the height of the food price crisis in 2008, the Philippines was among the countries with ‘severe localized food insecurity’, requiring external assistance in food. A series of

Six months after the resolution of the post-electoral stand-off in Côte d'Ivoire that followed the contested presidential elections of 28 November 2010, a humanitarian crisis of significant

With the trial of Viktor Bout nearly underway and the UN negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) starting in the summer of 2012, this briefing paper seeks to provide a deeper un

Food prices are a matter of life and death to many in the developing world.