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Briefing paper

23rd February 2021

Emerging Marketplace Dynamics in the Rohingya Refugee Camps ...

Razaun Nahid Mercy, Kawsher Ahamed, Muhammad Badiuzzaman

This briefing paper examines the emergence of informal camp markets in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the products sold, and t...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Bangladesh Migration Conflict Economies

Working paper

18th February 2021

Destructive Creations: Social-spatial Transformations in Con...

Omar Sirri

In Baghdad, violence, property and consumption are inextricably linked. This has spawned social-spatial transformations benefitting the political-econ...

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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Article

11th February 2021

The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute

Sherif Mohyeldeen

As Egypt and Ethiopia negotiate the details of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, tensions are on the rise. Sudan, which has vested interest in the ...

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Sudan Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Egypt Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

1st February 2021

Life on the Edge: How Protests in Tataouine Forced Tunis to ...

Hamza Meddeb

Protesters in the marginalized city of Tataouine have successfully forced the hand of Tunisia’s government, becoming an inspiration for other struggli...

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Tunisia Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Governance

Research report

25th January 2021

Confusion and Contention: Understanding the Failings of Dece...

Ali Al-Mawlawi, Sajad Jiyad

By surveying the views of federal and local officials with direct experiences of the decentralisation process in Iraq, this paper seeks to understand ...

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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Governance Conflict Dynamics

Blog

21st January 2021

A Senseless Silencing

Sherif Mohyeldeen

By impeding research, Egypt curtails knowledge that can help resolve crises, especially in border areas.

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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

13th January 2021

Displaced Tastes: In Conversation with Elizabeth Nyibol

Elizabeth Nyibol

Displaced Tastes is a collaborative research project run by the Rift Valley Institute and the Catholic University of South Sudan as part of the X-Bord...

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Horn of Africa and the Sahel Migration Borderlands

Article

23rd December 2020

The Hotel, the Teen Singer and the UWSA: Eastern Shan’s COVI...

A coronavirus outbreak in Tachileik has shone a rare spotlight on border-based hotels, KTVs and casinos with links to powerful armed groups, whose ...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Myanmar Coronavirus Conflict Economies

Blog

15th December 2020

A Voice for Those in the Field

Kheder Khaddour

Because of Covid-19 restrictions, researchers have had to find alternative ways of getting information.

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Middle East and North Africa Coronavirus

Briefing paper

11th December 2020

South Sudan: Hussein Abdel Bagi Deepens His Control

In February 2020, South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, appointed Hussein Abdel Bagi — head of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) — as one o...

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South Sudan Horn of Africa and the Sahel Governance Borderlands

Newsletter

2nd December 2020

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – November 202...

How political, security and socio-economic developments affect the people living in contested borderlands and, reversely, how border dynamics shape ch...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent Extremism Coronavirus Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Research report

20th November 2020

On the Edge and in Between: Community and Policy Responses t...

Nicholas Malouta, Zinab Attai

This report, prepared by the Afghan Center for Socio-Economic and Opinion Research (ACSOR), conveys findings through a qualitative analysis to unders...

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South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Transnational Flows Migration Governance Coronavirus Conflict Economies Borderlands

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Destructive Creations: Social-spatial Transformations in Con...

The Dam That Broke Open an Ethiopia-Egypt Dispute

Life on the Edge: How Protests in Tataouine Forced Tunis to ...

Confusion and Contention: Understanding the Failings of Dece...

A Senseless Silencing

Displaced Tastes: In Conversation with Elizabeth Nyibol

The Hotel, the Teen Singer and the UWSA: Eastern Shan’s COVI...

A Voice for Those in the Field

South Sudan: Hussein Abdel Bagi Deepens His Control

Peripheral Vision: Views from the Borderlands – November 202...

On the Edge and in Between: Community and Policy Responses t...

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